The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 279 Neighbors
Yue Wenxuan nodded. He had actually researched this history many times and knew it in great detail.

My father said, "War is actually a continuation of politics. War only breaks out when problems cannot be solved peacefully. Therefore, when a problem can be solved peacefully, it is best not to consider war."

Yue Wenxuan: "Understood. From now on, in my novel, I'll have the time travelers use politics to stabilize the Jin Kingdom."

After the father and son finished discussing, the mother also found a house she liked, her face beaming with joy: "This house is really nice, I want to buy this one... Oh, right, the quality of the neighbors is also very important. If the neighbor of a semi-detached villa is a really bad person, it will be very difficult to live there."

The real estate agent who showed them the house smiled and said, "Don't worry, your neighbors are very nice people. The lady of the house is named Gao Yiye, a PhD who returned from abroad and founded a large high-tech company. Her husband is named Li Daoxuan, a gentle and kind, slow-moving homebody, and he has an excellent reputation among the neighbors."

Yue Wenxuan: "Why did you specifically add 'slow movement'?"

Real estate agent: "That's how all otaku are, you know."

Yue Wenxuan: “…”

After listening to the agent's presentation, my mom almost signed the contract.

Fortunately, she wasn't completely naive. She knew that real estate agents often exaggerated or misrepresented things, so she mustered her courage and went to knock on her neighbor's door. Soon, the door opened, and out came the Hanfu-clad woman she had met at the supermarket earlier. She was incredibly elegant and beautiful, and smiled slightly at Yue Wenxuan's family, politely and gracefully saying, "Hello!"

Mom: "Ms. Gao, we're planning to buy the villa next door. We might become neighbors in the future, so we came to say hello."

Gao Yiye gave a slight curtsy, performing a very classical etiquette with dignified and graceful movements: "That's wonderful! I love lively atmospheres. The empty house next door has been making me feel uneasy. It would be great if a neighbor could come over and liven things up."

My mom was overjoyed when she saw him: "Once we move here, we'll have a BBQ in the yard and invite your whole family over."

Gao Yiye smiled and said, "I would be honored to accept your offer."

After exchanging greetings, Mom had no more doubts: "Let's go, sign the contract! We're taking this house."

The agent was overjoyed; he had his commission in hand.

Gao Yiye watched Yue Wenxuan's retreating figure from afar...

Only after he disappeared from sight did her reclusive husband, Li Daoxuan, emerge from behind and laugh, "Is that the person?"

Gao Yiye nodded: "Yes."

Li Daoxuan laughed: "You're the most mischievous of all, insisting on taking a roundabout way to save the Song Dynasty. But you don't want to take action yourself..."

Gao Yiye: "If I do it myself, I'll develop feelings for the little figures in the sand table, and then I'll just watch them grow old and die. I don't want that. Besides, I have to take care of my child. If I stare at the sand table all day, who will take care of the child?"

Li Daoxuan sighed deeply: "That's true. Alright, since we're talking about children, I have some very bad news for you. Li Xiaoxiang got 32 points on her math test this time."

Gao Yiye's voice instantly rose eight octaves: "Only 32 points? 150 points worth of questions! Ahhhhhh! This guy's doomed! I'm going to break his legs."

Chaos erupted at the Li family's house...

Even heroes who have saved the world can't escape the messy realities of life once they start a family and career.

Therefore, heroes have always emerged from among the young!
Yue Wenxuan returned to the sand table, where the thirty-two eunuchs beside him were drafting an imperial edict in his name.

This imperial edict was meant to cause trouble for Zhao Gou!
Yue Wenxuan first brought up Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, saying how wise and powerful his ancestor was, how he established the Song Dynasty, and how his majesty extended to all corners of the world, and so on. Anyway, a whole bunch of nonsense, I'll skip the details.

Then he accused Zhao Gou of being a good-for-nothing who had failed his ancestors' expectations. He was not only brutally beaten by the Jin state, but also lost the country's sovereignty and dignity. He even wanted to give all the land north of the Yangtze River to the Jin state, and was a disgrace to the Zhao family.

Finally, he changed his tone: "You are a scoundrel, but I am not! That's why I'm more suitable to be the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Now that I've become emperor, I advise you to obediently abdicate and hand over the territory south of the Yangtze River, or I'll beat you up."

The letter was finished, and the thirty-second eunuch's hands trembled slightly: "Your Majesty, are we really going to send this to Zhao Gou?"

Yue Wenxuan laughed: "Of course it's true." The thirty-second eunuch was terrified: "This...the messenger...could he be a villain?"

Yue Wenxuan: "Haha, don't be afraid, it won't be you! I know that if you go to deliver this letter, you'll definitely be beheaded and won't be able to come back to me."

The thirty-second-old man breathed a sigh of relief; he was genuinely afraid of delivering such a letter.

This is fucking ridiculous, whoever sends this guy is going to die.

Yue Wenxuan: "I am different from other emperors. I will not send my ministers into a deadly situation. Therefore, I will not send this letter to Zhao Gou by anyone."

Thirty-two Eunuch: "Ah? How do we let Zhao Gou know?"

Yue Wenxuan: "Just send a pirate and deliver it to any coastal city in Jiangnan, and that will be the end of it."

The Thirty-Two Eunuchs said, "How can an imperial letter be sent out so carelessly? It damages the dignity of the Emperor."

Yue Wenxuan: "My authority is not important; what's important is that I don't let my subordinates die."

Thirty-two eunuchs: "Your Majesty is benevolent!"

Yue Wenxuan chuckled: "Moreover, sending this letter to a random place has another advantage: the contents of the letter will leak out even faster and become known throughout the world. In this way, the spies of the Jin Kingdom will also send this news back to the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible."

The thirty-second old man suddenly realized...

Right!

The emperor deliberately created conflict with Zhao Gou, giving the impression that "the Northern Song and Southern Song are fighting each other." In this way, the Jin state would sit back and watch the two fight, at most sending Liu Yu to harass them.

A day later, the pirate Gao Jin was summoned to the "temporary imperial palace of the Northern Song Dynasty".

Emperor Zhao Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty personally received Gao Jin and handed him the imperial edict.

Gao Jin received the imperial edict with a happy expression.

For a mere pirate like him to be received by the emperor was an immense honor. Even a self-proclaimed emperor was still an emperor, and he was even given the important task of delivering a letter of state. How awesome was that?

Gao Jin, carrying the imperial edict, rushed to Hangzhou at top speed...

He randomly found a local official, shoved the imperial edict into his hand, and then ran away.

The local official was stunned when he saw the contents of the imperial edict. He thought to himself: No wonder the messenger ran away! Who would dare to hand this letter to the emperor in person? It would be strange if the emperor didn't be furious and behead him.

Now that I've got this hot potato in my hands, what should I do?
easy to do!

They simply let the contents of the imperial edict leak to the public, and that was it.

After his series of outrageous actions, the whole of Hangzhou knew about it.

Therefore, without the local officials even needing to deliver the imperial edict to Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou already knew about it through various channels beforehand. By the time the local officials delivered the edict, Zhao Gou already knew what was written inside.

Having prepared themselves mentally, they weren't so angry anymore. The local official escaped with his life and didn't suffer any consequences.

But the contents of this letter spread like wildfire at ten times the speed.

Not long after, even Emperor Taizong of Jin, the Emperor of Western Xia, Duan Yu of Dali, and the Chu Kingdom established by Manichaeism knew about it.

(End of this chapter)