Song Gexing

Chapter 200
"Master Pang? Bring it quickly."

When Zhao Fang heard that it was Pang Ji's letter, he quickly asked Wang Zhongzheng to get it. This old man had taken up his official position early for himself. After he ascended the throne, he immediately granted him the title of Grand Master.

I am no longer in Bianjing City and have returned to my hometown of Heze, Shandong Province to retire. I heard that I have planted a large area of ​​peonies at home and I buy the best varieties from Luoyang every year.

"This old man hehe..."

After reading the letter, Zhao Fang smiled treacherously. Wang Zhongzheng, who was standing next to him, saw his appearance and immediately came over with a smile.

"It's a good thing to be an official, right?"

"Go and join in the fun. Hurry up and grind ink for me and wait for me."

Zhao Fang pushed his shameless person and ordered him with disgust, but Li Xian, who was standing on the other side, was extremely envious.

Both of them are Zhao Fang's current confidants, but there are still differences. In fact, Wang Zhongzheng's talent is not as good as Li Xian, but who asked him to follow Zhao Fang since he was a child.

"Send a confidant to deliver it to Guo Zhongtong eight hundred miles away. Remember, this matter must not be spread to outsiders, and can only be done in secret."

Zhao Fang wrote two handwritten letters with one wave of his hand, stamped them with his private seal, handed them to Wang Zhongzheng and solemnly explained.

At this time, Wang Zhongzheng was hesitant to accept it. He saw what Zhao Fang wrote with his own eyes, with a look of mourning on his face and sweat on his forehead.

"Hurry up, what are you waiting for?"

"This official matter is too big! What would happen if the prime ministers knew about it!"

Wang Zhongzheng howled, and Zhao Fang kicked him unhappily and said, "I'm not telling you, Xiao Zhengzi. Your courage is getting weaker and weaker. So what if you find out? The worst is that they will spray you in the face, and then It’s not that I haven’t done it before, my dad has been sprayed all his life, and not everything is fine.”

"But... but the official family is an eternal sage, and he cannot leave a bad reputation."

"Get lost! My father is the Holy King, and I don't want to do that. Have you forgotten what I told you since you were a child?"

Wang Zhongzheng's lungs hurt from being pushed, and some people said that the Holy Lord was just a toy. If he hadn't been his master, he would have spat in his face.

But when he thought about it, it was true. Zhao Fang had told him since he was a child that he wanted to imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in opening up new territories. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not really a saint, and what he did was only a little bit away from a tyrant.

Except for his great martial arts, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really had nothing else to boast about. In terms of governing the country, he was far worse than his grandfather.

"The official family..."

"If you don't leave, I'll let Xiao Xianzi take care of it, and you can go back to the Imperial City Division to stay."

Wang Zhongzheng, who wanted to say more, immediately shrank his neck and hurriedly took the letter, not forgetting to turn back and glare at Li Xian.

Li Xian, who was not worried about the disaster, quickly took a step back and lowered his head. Zhao Fang said angrily: "Why are you glaring at him? Why blame others if you don't dare to do it? Don't say it's mine."

"No, Guanjia, the little one just had itchy eyes and didn't glare at him."

Wang Zhongzheng hurriedly cleared it up, and asked Li Xian with a smile: "Is that right, Xiao Xianzi, are we two good brothers?"

What else could Li Xian say? He nodded with a smile on his face. If he couldn't afford to offend this guy, he might as well forget it. It would do no good to argue with him.

And he also has a deeper understanding of his master. Today, the Supreme Emperor would never dare to do this. I am afraid that even the late Emperor Zhenzong does not have such courage.He was called to serve after Zhao Fang ascended the throne. I had heard many rumors about what happened to the Crown Prince back then, but after all, I had never seen it with my own eyes. Today was an eye-opener.

Zhao Fang actually wrote a letter to the leading general, asking him to do something expedient. This was a way of throwing away the court to support the general. If the court pursues the case in the future, Guo Kui and Zhang Junzhi can completely blame him.

Moreover, the clever Zhao Fang also advanced the date of the letter, which means that Zhang Junzhi and Zhang Dun sent troops to the Japanese country in accordance with his orders.

This time the generals will be fine, but the emperor will be spitted all over his face by the ministers.

On the second day, Zhao Fang started to act dishonest. The courtiers clamored for Zhang Junzhi to withdraw his troops. He laughed and played Tai Chi with everyone. The headache of the previous two days was no longer the same.

The memorials were suppressed one by one, and he did not read them at all. After handling other government affairs, he went to play with the concubines, and he also enthusiastically trained the new show girls who entered the palace.

Half a month later, a private message from Fujian Road was brought to the court by Qian Mingyi. The court exploded and it turned out to be Chen Zongyan leading the Fourth Fleet to sea.

The letter came from Qian Mingyi's good friend. He got the news that Chen Zongyan's trip to sea this time was not for training, but to occupy territory in Ryukyu.

While secretly scolding Chen Zongyan for not keeping things confidential, Zhao Fang said to the ministers with a smile: "It is still unknown whether the information in Qian Qing's letter is accurate. You can't issue an order to question the leading generals just because it is unfounded, right? It is a common thing for the navy to go to sea for training. , How can you know how to fight without training? What is the purpose of raising troops who don’t know how to fight? Do you think this is right?”

Qian Mingyi argued: "Your Majesty, please be careful! A general sending troops privately has always been a great disaster to the country. It is better to believe that he has it than to believe that he has not!"

"I know, I know, I don't need Qian Qing to remind me about this. Isn't there an instructor in the army? If it's true, why don't you see him give a performance?"

These words made many noisy ministers quiet down. Yes, the instructor is a civil servant, how could he let the commander do such things?

But Han Qi and Fu Bi were moved when they saw Zhao Fang's appearance, and realized that this matter was probably true. What was the emperor trying to hide?

As an important minister who watched him grow up, he was very aware of his emperor's micro-expressions, especially Bao Zheng, who was closest to Zhao Fang.

But these people chose to remain silent until after the court meeting ended, a group of people came to Chongzheng Hall together.

Zhao Fang, who had just sat down to read the memorial, was woken up by Li Xian who hurried in: "The officials and ministers are all here. They seem to be coming in a menacing manner. I'm afraid they are here to cause trouble."

When Zhao Fang understood that he couldn't hide, he said helplessly with a hammer on his head: "Let them come in. Xiao Xianzi will wait for me with a basin of water. I will definitely have to wash my face later."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Yaochen's voice sounded outside the hall: "Your Majesty is planning ahead, so you really lied to us!"

"Who lied? Wang Qing, please don't make false accusations. I am the one you have watched growing up. I have been an upright gentleman since I was a child."

Zhao Fang stood up with a smile on his face and greeted him out. Han Qi was even more convinced that this guy had a guilty conscience.

He said lightly: "Tell me, what's going on, and when will I keep it from everyone?"

"hey-hey!"

Zhao Fang rubbed his hands together, looking embarrassed, and seeing Bao Zheng's face darken, he said, "This is actually like this..."

If he couldn't hide it anymore, he wouldn't hide it. He began to describe in detail what Zhang Dun encountered after arriving in Japan, which was not included in the memorial.

Zhang Junshang's letter only said that after they landed in Nagasaki, they quickly occupied one-third of Kyushu Island. However, they did not encounter any decent resistance and asked the imperial court to order troops to be stationed there. The rest was not mentioned.

(End of this chapter)