Song Gexing

Chapter 101: Being plotted by dad

"How many female relatives are here this time? Including the maids and maids."

Zhao Fang had no choice but to pull her to sit down and ask.

When Meng Xin heard this, she started to count them with her fingers. Zhao Fang shook his head repeatedly: "It's not right, it's not right. We are walking around, and it is too conspicuous to bring a lot of people."

Meng Xin was right when she heard it. She frowned and looked at him eagerly: "The king wants to drive them back, but everyone is very happy to hear that they can come out to play!"

"Yes, I was defeated again."

Zhao Fang loves his wife, especially such a little girl, who is as beautiful as the one in the painting, so he could only ponder for a moment and said: "How about this..."

The team was separated. Sun Jing and Ma Yue of Baihu led fifty personal guards, followed by 40 people from the Imperial City Division, guarding the carriages ridden by maids and maids.

Zhao Fang himself left ten imperial city ministers and officials, took his wives and concubines and the four Western Region dancers on the road, with Wang Zhongzheng and Yao Lin following him.

As for Liu Jisun, after a while, it was almost time to take office.

"Let's go, let's go to Dengzhou to have fun."

Early the next morning, after arranging all the matters, Zhao Fang decided to go to Dengzhou with a wave of his hand. When everyone heard about it, they still didn't know why.

Zhao Pan'er is from Dengzhou. His father moved back to his hometown some time ago. This guy took the opportunity to visit his father-in-law, not to please Zhao Pan'er.

Just when everyone was accusing him of being shameless, Zhao Pan'er objected: "No! The official's intention is not to stay away from the vicinity of the Sijing. Dengzhou is too far away."

Later generations of Dengzhou belonged to Henan, but it was always under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou in ancient times. In the Three Kingdoms era, this place was the famous Wancheng, Nanyang County, Jingzhou.

It was here that Cao Cao died his son Cao Ang and his nephew Cao Anmin, and General Dian Wei also died here. During the two Song Dynasties, Wu Sheng's army was stationed here for 320 years.

This is a strategic location, where the Central Plains enters the Guanzhong Plain. The Han River passes not far away, flows to Xiangyang and then merges into the Yangtze River.

When the Southern Song Dynasty negotiated peace with the Jin State, this was also used as the dividing line. Dengzhou became the front line. Zhang Shuye even suggested that Qinzong move the capital here to avoid the sharp edge of the Jin soldiers.

It was only Qinzong's hesitation and Li Gang's strong rejection that prevented the trip from happening. Otherwise, the Zhao and Song royal families would not have been brought to ruin, and the history of the Southern Song Dynasty might have to be rewritten.

Now that Zhao Fang wants to go there, it is far away from the four capitals. Whether it is Tokyo in Kaifeng Prefecture or Nanjing in Yingtian Prefecture, they are far apart. It is normal to be opposed. It is just that this person is Zhao Paner, which is surprising.

"Sister Pan'er, you haven't been back to your hometown for many years!"

Zhao Fang looked at her in confusion. Zhao Pan'er was born and raised there. When Zhao Qian was in trouble when she was nine years old, she was taken to Bianjing by the Imperial City Division to join the Jiaofang Division. She never returned to her hometown again.

Zhao Pan'er knew that he had to explain clearly, otherwise he would leave the seeds of suspicion. Although Zhao Fang trusted him, there were too many smart people in the Wei Palace.

It must be unusual for someone like me to prevent him from returning home when he has the opportunity. The emperor said not to go too far from the vicinity of the Four Capitals, but don't forget that Dengzhou is special. Wu Shengjun exists there, so it is actually very safe.

Looking at Zhao Fang, Zhao Pan'er said calmly: "Firstly, going to Dengzhou is against the official's permission. Secondly, it is my natal family. Your Majesty must go there. The risk of exposing your identity is too high. Even if my father and stepmother can keep the secret, as for the servants, who can guarantee that they won’t tell? Your Majesty, please don’t forget that the lower the people are, the more they like to show off. How can they not be arrogant when they see your Majesty?”

"That makes sense. Sister Pan'er is right."

Song Yinzhang was the first to support, followed by Han Xue and others who also nodded and praised Zhao Paner for his general knowledge.Meng Xin's eyes were red and she said, "Sister Pan'er is doing it all for the king. No wonder the king likes you so much."

"Forget it, it seems that Sister Pan'er is worried about being accused. She is special to her, so she may be under a lot of pressure."

Zhao Fang didn't think of anything else, but thought that Zhao Pan'er didn't want to cause trouble. Her identity was inherently sensitive. She was from the Jiaofang Division and could become his concubine. There were many compromises involved.

If someone thinks that he only favors her but is actually not good to her, the previous Liu E has already made the officials excited.

Zhenzong, Ding Wei and others spent a lot of effort to push Liu E to the throne of the queen. It was also the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty's later parties becoming cronies. I would never do it again.

"Then let's go to Xijing."

As soon as Zhao Fang made his new suggestion, Wang Zhongzheng hesitated and said, "I heard that Fan Xianggong has just arrived in Xijing. Is your Majesty really going to go?"

"Where is Lao Fan going? Isn't he patrolling the northwest?"

Zhao Fang was surprised, and Wang Zhongzheng replied honestly: "The implementation of the new military system was quickly completed in the Northwest Army, but without him in Xijing's officialdom, those people would make small moves to delay it!"

When Zhao Fang heard this, he was furious. There were always some uneasy people who knew that the reform of the new system was a good thing, but they wanted to sabotage it secretly.

Even if it can't be destroyed, I still want to disgust you. I really don't know if these people's hearts are black. Perhaps this is how creatures like traitors come from.

"According to this, we can't go to Daming Mansion in Beijing. Is Mr. Han going there?"

Knowing that Fan Zhongyan has arrived in Luoyang, Han Qi must be going to Daming Mansion, because his mission is to inspect the northern border, which is the direction facing the Liao Kingdom.

Seeing that he was angry, Wang Zhongzheng shrank his neck, nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I received a report from the Secretary of the Imperial City before I left Beijing. The two envoys have already left separately, and they should be here by now."

When Zhao Fang heard that this was indeed the case, he patted his head and said, "I knew my father was not simple. He allowed me to play outside but not allowed me to stay away from the vicinity of the four capitals. Doesn't this mean that only Nanjing can be visited?"

Meng Xin asked curiously: "Is Nanjing not good? Why do you say it was calculated by the officials?"

Xiao Guanyin covered her mouth and snickered, and said to Meng Xin: "Sister Wangfei forgot, Yingtian Mansion is the land of dragon prosperity, it's normal for the king to go there, it's not considered a violation of the ancestral system, and the officials have nothing to say."

Only then did Meng Xin belatedly say in surprise: "Ah! I really forgot that Yingtian Mansion was the former Songzhou!"

Near Shangqiu, Henan, in ancient Songzhou, it was the fiefdom of the old Zhao family in the Later Zhou Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin was canonized as Song Guogong. The Song Guogong Mansion is still there today, and there is a dedicated person responsible for protecting it.

When Zhao Fang went there, it could be said that he was returning to his ancestral home. The courtiers really couldn't say that he was running around. Even though the Song Dynasty Duke's Mansion there was not the birthplace of the old Zhao family, it was a fiefdom.

The Zhao Kuangyin brothers were born in Luoyang. The old Zhao family belonged to the Zhao family in Luozhou. After he was canonized as the Duke of Song Dynasty, his family members moved to Songzhou.

"Let's go, let's go. Nanjing is Nanjing, and Yingtian Mansion should be pretty good too. It's much prettier than the bald guys here."

Zhao Fang, who was full of resentment, had no choice but to admit it and urged everyone to get on the road. The wives and concubines all responded and got into the car to set off, suppressing their laughter.

(End of this chapter)