Yi Song

Chapter 297 The imperial commander’s personal expedition
In the open space in the backyard of Duke Yan's mansion, Liu Guozhang finished performing a set of marksmanship, holding a silver dragon iron spear. His face was not red, and he was not out of breath. He stood in the middle and took a deep breath slowly.

After waiting for a while, he took the gun and put it on the shelf at home. Today's morning exercise was over.

Concubines Yingxiu and Xue Jinchai, who were waiting nearby, came forward. One handed him tea, and the other wiped the sweat from his face with a cotton towel.

"Lang Jun's spear skills are really amazing. It's scary to watch from a distance." Xue Jinchai said with a smile.

Ying Xiu said at the side: "Langjun had previously used an iron spear and a Hundred Flowers Chop to gallop, killing hundreds of people in Yujin Garden, which shocked Bianjing. At that time, there were tens of thousands of men in the capital, and everyone admired them and felt proud to be Hwarang. ”

"I heard my sister and Xiniang talk about it several times about the battle in Yujin Garden. It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to witness it with my own eyes. Lang Jun was famous for his martial arts before, but now he rarely uses it and only practices at home. It's a pity."

Liu Guozhang laughed loudly, "I used to be humble and humble. In order to stand out, I could only show off my strength, show off my martial arts, and risk my life to gain fame. Now that I have a foundation and tens of thousands of people following me, I need more business strategies. Taking advantage of strength and strength. Haha, it turns out to be the courage of an ordinary man."

After joking for a while, they went to the bathhouse to take a bath, changed into clean clothes, and slowly walked towards a side door. On the other side of the door was the original Liu Mansion, now the Jin Princess Mansion.

Liu Guozhang walked over alone, and a group of people caught him.

"The consort is here." The leader was Xi Niang. She was married to Zhang Meng and was still the female official beside Zhao Fujin.

"I'm happy to." Xi Niang said with a smile.

After teasing for a while, the second sister was a little tired. She is less than a year old, and she is at the age where she eats and sleeps, and sleeps and eats.

"The princess and her eldest brother left the city early in the morning to go to Famen Temple to give food and clothing."

"Where's the princess?"

"The second sister is too young, so the princess asked the wet nurse to take her and stay at home."

This is Zhao Fujin's old habit.

Zhang Meng got married, and he fulfilled his original promise to Zhang Laozhang.

Yue Fei was a child promised to him by his family, and they became a bride. Before Zhou Tong's death last year, Zhou Juan married the daughter of a Jinshi scholar, fulfilling his long-cherished wish.

"Yes."

Looking at the appearance of the delicate woman, Liu Guozhang sighed, time flies by so fast.

"Second sister didn't follow?"

As the most trusted person of Liu Guozhang, Zhang Meng must be indispensable for his military exploits. If it weren't for his young age, he would have won all the military achievements.

"Take me to see it."

Logically speaking, she should be called eldest sister, but the princess asked everyone to call her second sister. Except for a few people who knew it, the rest just followed it in a daze.

"He doesn't say a word in front of others. He can't hide anything in front of me. It's a good thing that you are happy. I'll tell the princess that you don't need to wait on me anymore. You are already the governor's wife, and I have ordered you to do so. County Lord, if word spreads, others will think how big the Princess Mansion is."

"He always talks nonsense." Xi Niang blushed with embarrassment.

When we arrived at the Wuxiang Building where the princess lived, we met the second sister who was being fed by the wet nurse. Zhao Fujin’s daughter born last year.

Along the way, Liu Guozhang smiled and said to Xi Niang: "I heard from Big Eyes that you have been pregnant for three months."

Since she was discharged from the palace and became the mistress of Houde Palace, she often went to the temple to give alms, chant sutras and pray to Buddha. After getting along with Liu Guozhang, he gradually changed his behavior and rarely gave alms to temples. He used the temples to give porridge and clothing to poor people and distribute food to relieve disasters.

Liu Guozhang waved his hand and asked the maid to hold her to sleep, while he warned the wet nurse.

"It is an iron rule that outside items are not allowed to be brought to the eldest brother and second sister if they have not been steamed. Everything they eat and drink, including milk, rice cereal, bowls, chopsticks, and water cups, must be steamed regularly.

Change clothes frequently and pay attention to ventilation." Today's infant survival rate is too scary. Liu Guozhang established a maternal and infant center early and formulated a series of health regulations to make preparations.

Fortunately, the Song Dynasty was relatively open-minded in terms of medicine. It was followed quickly.

Zhao Fujin and Murong Jun gave birth to children without any serious problems, and the children they gave birth to were also very healthy.

Seeing this effect, wealthy families in Bianjing requested female medical officers and female nurses from the Maternity and Infant Hospital. Some even moved into the hospital directly, and business was extremely good.

After Liu Guozhang rambled for a while, Liu Shenyan came over after hearing the news and let the nanny go.

"Okay, let's do this for now. You all have worked hard, nanny ten guan, and the rest are five guan."

The full name of the banknotes from the Commercial Bank is "Commercial Bank payable on sight". It is real hard currency. The nanny and the maids were all happy and thanked them.

Liu Baoxiang now leaves most of the confidential matters to Liu Shenyan.

"Guo Gong," Liu Shenyan was different from most people in the family. He was not called Liu Guozhang's consort, but Guo Gong.

"Are Mr. Shutong and Zhengdao here?
"Here we go, waiting in the study."

Today is the once-a-decade core group meeting of the Red Heart Society.

Yes, it's called the core group of the Red Heart Society. Its members include Liu Shenyan, Yu Wenxuanzhong, Zhang Zeduan, Murong Yewang, Zhang Xi, and Yang Xiaojie.

Zhang Cui and Yang Xiaojie were in the northwest, and King Murong Ye was in the southeast on his way back to Bianjing. Therefore, there are only Liu Shenyan, Yu Wenxuanzhong and Zhang Zeduan in Bianjing.

After sitting down, Liu Shenyan got straight to the point and said: "According to reliable information, the officials have decided that the emperor will personally conquer and go north to recover Yanyou."

"What!" Yu Wenxuanzhong and Zhang Zeduan were stunned.

"Why are you thinking about the imperial commander's personal expedition? Since the official came to the throne, apart from going to Zhengzhou to worship the ancestral mausoleum and going to Mount Tai for a Zen ceremony, he has rarely left the capital. Why are you suddenly thinking about the imperial commander's personal expedition?"

Zhang Zeduan touched his chin, puzzled.

Zhao Ji was a homebody in history, and rarely went out in Bianjing City.

After Liu Guozhang helped him achieve great achievements, he felt that he was very awesome, so he ran to the ancestral mausoleum and sneered twice in front of the tombs of Taizu and Taizong.

He was also bewitched by Wang Fu and Cai You and ran to Mount Tai to become a Buddhist monk. On the top of Mount Tai, with arms akimbo facing the wind, he declared to the world that he was the most powerful emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Yu Wenxuanzhong turned the folding fan in his hand, "In the fourth year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign, Emperor Taizong wanted to seize the opportunity to pacify the Northern Han Dynasty and went straight to Youzhou, but he suffered a major defeat at the Gaoliang River.

In the third year of Yongxi's reign, the Northern Expedition was launched again, but it was again defeated. From then on, the Song Dynasty no longer had the power to explore the north. Do you want to avenge Taizong's humiliation by going on a personal expedition? "

Shame indeed.

Emperor Taizong, the God of Carriage in the Gaoliang River, was riding in a donkey cart, and he refused to accept the fact that the Liao people's Qingqi couldn't even see the taillights of the cart.

"It means this. But there is another meaning in it."

"What do you mean?" Yu Wenxuanzhong and Zhang Zeduan asked at the same time.

"Our official's ears are soft, and in his heart, the palms and backs of his hands are all flesh. It's hard to make a decision, so he just steps forward and does it himself!"

Yu Wenxuanzhong nodded and agreed: "Yes, our official family!"

Zhang Zeduan didn't understand: "What happened to our official family?"

(End of this chapter)