travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 171 Pure As Me
"What's the matter?" Zhao Fei looked at Zi Yan strangely.

Because he was a little guilty about Xu Ruolan's matter before, Zhao Fei didn't notice Zi Yan's abnormality.

Looking at it now, judging from Gu Niang's tone, it seems that the girl is hiding a lot of things.

For example, if it wasn't for someone blowing wind in her ear, how could she put so much pressure on herself for not having a boy with her natural look, or what she was about to tell herself now.Zi Yan frowned and said: "The concubine's father seems to have some thoughts of wanting to retire."

"The father-in-law is going to retire?" Zhao Fei looked surprised, looked at Zi Yan in surprise, and said, "He told you this idea?"

"That's not true. It's just that when the concubine's mother entered the palace to speak with the concubine the day before yesterday, she mentioned some thoughts of her father." Zi Yan said: "From what my mother said, the concubine felt my father's thoughts of getting old."

"Why did he suddenly have the idea of ​​getting old?" Zhao Fei said to himself.

Lin Wanrong is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Above the imperial court, although the Ministry of Officials is in charge of hundreds of officials, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of education, examinations, diplomacy and other powers. Rituals are the first in the world. Lin Wanrong is the father of the current empress, so Lin Wanrong has a very high status in the court.

Among the important officials in the court today, Lin Wanrong is considered young.

Such an important official would have the idea of ​​withdrawing from the court, before that, Zhao Fei never thought of it.

So Zhao Fei wondered why Lin Wanrong had the idea of ​​getting old?

Do you have a problem with me?
Zhao Fei thought wildly.

Seeing Zhao Fei's pensive expression, Zi Yan stretched out her hand to hold Zhao Fei's hand, and said, "Is this matter very troublesome?"

"Well." Zhao Fei said bluntly: "The country's father-in-law is my humerus minister in the court. If he gets old, then I will have some pressure in the court. In addition, the work he is responsible for will be above the court for a while. No one can take over, and the imperial court has a lot of affairs now, and many places need to rely on the support of the king, so his withdrawal at this moment is a very important loss for the imperial court."

Hearing what Zhao Fei said, Zi Yan was also a little nervous, she took Zhao Fei's hand and said: "The concubine just heard what my mother said, and it may not be true."

"Well, I hope so!" Zhao Fei nodded, but he didn't think so.

It may not be without reason, not to mention that the news came from Zi Yan.

Since ancient times, the most effective way to follow the emperor's path is to whisper into the emperor's ears through the concubines.

Who doesn't know that the current emperor loves the empress so much, if he wants to catch Zhao Fei's ears, the best way is naturally to go through Zi Yan.

So since the wind can reach Zi Yan, there must be some signs of it.

But why did Lin Wanrong think of retiring?

Zhao Fei couldn't figure out 1 things.

"By the way, Your Majesty, what did you just say to Princess Gong?" Zi Yan asked again: "She said last time that she wanted to talk to His Majesty about her heir, has the discussion been settled?"

"Well, it's over." Zhao Fei hummed, with a strange expression on his face.

Of course the discussion is done, but the origin of this heir is a bit problematic.

Zhao Fei thought to himself, if Zi Yan knew the conditions that Xu Ruolan made with him, would she still be able to talk with him calmly and happily like now.

"Whose heir did you choose?" Zi Yan asked.

Zhao Fei's expression froze, and he was stunned for a moment. He really couldn't answer this question.

"What's the matter?" Ziyan looked at Zhao Fei's face in confusion and said, "Didn't we talk about it?"

"This..." Zhao Fei thought for a while, and felt that it would be better to tell the truth about this matter, and said, "That's right, Xu Ruolan came to me to get me to agree that he would allow her to extend the time for choosing an heir."

"Ah?" Ziyan covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Why?"

"I don't know." Zhao Fei shook his head.

"That's a little strange." Zi Yan said suspiciously: "Prince Gong passed away unexpectedly. Today's Prince Gong's mansion is extremely short of heirs. If there is no heir, it may have a great impact on the inheritance of Prince Gong's mansion. Princess Gong did this It's really hard to figure out, didn't His Majesty ask?"

"That's not true." Zhao Fei put his arms around Zi Yan's waist and said, "Don't worry about what she thinks, since it's on my head, then I promise her, it's not an important thing."

"But the matter of choosing an heir seems to be a matter of the clan mansion, can the clan mansion agree to Princess Gong's request?" Zi Yan said: "Thinking about how pitiful Princess Gong is, her husband died at such a young age. .”

"Don't worry about the clan's mansion, they owe me a favor, and they still have to give me my face." Zhao Fei said.

As for the clan mansion built by those old men, he will tear it down sooner or later, Zhao Fei thought to himself, then leaned over to Ziyan's ear and said, "I will accompany you tonight."

"Ah?" Zi Yan looked at Zhao Fei with surprise and said, "Your Majesty hasn't stayed with my concubine for some time."

But soon, Zi Yan's face became a little dark and said: "It's just that your majesty, the concubine's body is not comfortable, your majesty should go to them!"

"In your eyes, is Zhen such a anxious person?" Zhao Fei looked at Zi Yan with an unhappy face and said.

"Of course not, Your Majesty is an excellent person." Zi Yan said hastily: "It's just that the concubine is really inconvenient here, her belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she has to be taken care of every night. If your majesty is here, the concubine will delay your majesty." rest."

"I'm an old husband and wife, so there's no delay." Zhao Fei reached out and stroked Zi Yan's beautiful hair on her forehead, and said, "Zi Yan, what I like is you, not your body. Don't think too much, and I really want to accompany you today."

Zi Yan looked at Zhao Fei gratefully, then as if she had thought of something, she said shyly: "Why don't I use my words to solve it for Your Majesty!"

"What?" Zhao Fei's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't believe that the words of YD just now came out of Zi Yan's mouth.

But what made Zhao Fei even more ashamed was that after hearing Zi Yan's words, his little friend actually reacted directly.

He couldn't help laughing dryly, and said, "Zi Yan, when did you learn this stuff?"

"I learned from a book from a small book." Zi Yan whispered: "Your Majesty won't think that the concubine is YD's woman?"

"How come, in my eyes, Zi Yan, you are always so virtuous and virtuous, beautiful and intelligent, how could you be YD's woman." Zhao Fei said.

"Then tonight..." Ziyan looked at Zhao Fei, Zhao Fei looked at Ziyan, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

As for what happened tonight, it's as pure as I don't know anything, and I haven't seen anything.

Early the next morning, Zhao Fei woke up very early, feeling refreshed and refreshed.

"What kind of happy event has your Majesty met? Why does he look so happy!"

On the way to work at the Military Aircraft Department, Anping looked at Zhao Fei with a strange expression and asked.

"That's all you want to know?" Zhao Fei looked at Anping.

"Of course." Anping said: "The slave is His Majesty's slave, so naturally he should think what His Majesty thinks, worry about His Majesty's concern, please His Majesty's pleasure, His Majesty is happy, and this slave is also happy, but after all, this slave doesn't know why His Majesty is so happy. Happy, so I want to know why Your Majesty is happy, so that I can be even more happy for Your Majesty."

"You slave is really a born slave." Zhao Fei chuckled, of course he would not tell Anping about the moonlit night at 24 bridges last night.

This is a secret between him and Ziyan, of course it cannot be shared with others.

This kind of good thing, you can enjoy it secretly. If you say it and spread it to the ears of the beauty, and make the beauty shy, she will never act like that again. Wouldn't it be cutting your own welfare and letting yourself lift a stone to hit yourself? foot.

Several ministers of military aircraft have been working in the military aircraft department early.

They also gradually figured out the regularity of Zhao Fei's appearance here, so in most cases, they appeared here about half an hour before Zhao Fei's arrival.

You asked Zhao Fei how he knew the time of their appearance so well, nonsense, Zhao Fei would not ask the guards at the palace gate.

As soon as he saw Zhao Fei, Wang Qinian ran to report the situation to Zhao Fei with a cheerful face, and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty is overjoyed!"

"Oh?" Zhao Fei was stunned for a moment, thinking that what happened to him last night had spread outside, but it's not right, so he looked at Wang Qinian and said, "Why do you like it?"

"Your Majesty, last night, as soon as the lottery tickets were sold in the major gambling houses in Chang'an, they were extremely popular." Wang Qinian said loudly: "According to incomplete statistics, last night alone, the lottery tickets in Chang'an were sold out. A lottery ticket worth nearly 10 taels of silver."

"That's all?" Zhao Fei said lightly.

Wang Qinian, who was originally beaming, was taken aback by the indifferent look on his face, but he didn't expect Zhao Fei to show such an expression after hearing the news.

It's no wonder that Wang Qinian was in a daze. No matter how he thought about it, he would never have thought that Zhao Fei would see the gambling industry sweeping the world at some point in the future.

In the face of that kind of funds that can easily cost billions or tens of billions, 10 taels of silver is really not enough.

After all, the 10 taels may be less than 3 taels that will eventually enter the imperial court account, and the luck may not even have 1 taels.

In Zhao Fei's vision, the gaming industry can eventually become one of the most important financial pillars of the Song Dynasty court, with an annual turnover of no less than [-] billion and an annual profit of no less than ten million taels.

Now this mere 10 taels of running water is indeed not seen by Zhao Fei nowadays.

Of course, Wang Qinian didn't know Zhao Fei's ambitions. Seeing Zhao Fei's indifferent expression, he said, "It's the old minister who got a little excited, but the lottery sales last night were indeed far beyond my expectations."

"People are born to gamble, and having this kind of income is nothing." Zhao Fei said: "You don't need to make a fuss. When the results of the first game come out, a large number of people have made money. Then it will naturally spread to ten, ten to hundreds, The sales of lottery tickets will be higher and higher, and by then you will no longer feel that the current 10 taels is nothing."

"Your Majesty, according to the regulations on lottery sales, of the 10 taels, except for [-] that will go into the prize pool, the remaining [-] taels seem to be included in the lottery construction fund of the Ministry of Accounts." Zhao Zilong said at this time.

"That's right." Zhao Fei nodded, and said again: "But this is the first draw of the lottery. We want more people to make money in this draw, so I didn't plan to make money in this draw. Last night's 10 draws Wanliang, until the start of the first Cuju competition, all the sales will go into the prize pool, and I need to use the first competition to make a large-scale advertisement to attract more people to join the feast of the lottery."

When Zhao Fei said this, he unconsciously thought of his previous life, the stories that the newspapers and media often publicized that poor people who bought lottery tickets and became millionaires were billionaires, but it was rare to see millionaires in the media because they bought lottery tickets The story of the lottery becoming a pauper.

In fact, the ratio of the two is really about the same. When a pauper becomes a millionaire, a millionaire will eventually become a millionaire.

But these have nothing to do with Zhao Fei, and there is really nothing to be pitied about a bunch of gamblers.

And what Zhao Fei is going to do is also what smart people in future generations will do, that is to infinitely magnify those who make money. Even, Zhao Fei decided that if someone really won a big bet, he would not mind meeting this lucky person personally. By.

Thinking about having this live advertisement, there will be many people in the world hoping to win the big prize by buying lottery tickets to get the chance to leap into the dragon's gate.

Zhao Fei knew that, no matter where, there was no advertising news that could attract the public's attention more than royal family secrets.

The royal family is definitely the best advertising star in any era.

At least Zhao Fei already knew that since he invented mahjong and taught Ziyan and the others how to play mahjong, now in Chang'an City, many princes and princes have obtained mahjong templates from nowhere and started playing mahjong.

Even Zhao Fei knew that some casinos in Chang'an had set up mahjong tables and started mahjong gambling.

After all, mahjong has only been invented for a long time, and it has already become popular in some small circles in Chang'an City. After a while, the entire Chang'an City may fall into the state of playing mahjong.

That's why advertising is so important.

Knowing this, Zhao Fei decided to use the first round of the Cuju competition to give a big feedback to all those who participated in gambling, so that they could win more prizes and make them live advertisements.

If you don't make money now, or even lose some money, but when everyone comes here to buy lottery tickets, you can naturally make a lot of money.

When I heard that Zhao Fei was going to give back all the bonuses to the gamblers, I was a little surprised, but most of the people present were old-fashioned and smart people.

In just a moment, he understood Zhao Fei's idea of ​​fishing for big fish with a long line.

They couldn't help but nodded their heads and said: "Your Majesty has a long-term vision, and I can't wait."

Facing the praises of the ministers, Zhao Fei felt a little proud in his heart, but thinking that these were just deceiving the ancients based on some well-known things in later generations, Zhao Fei couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

However, Zhao Fei's face was unusually thick after being the emperor for a long time, so this embarrassment quickly disappeared.

When everyone was ready, Zhao Fei pondered for a moment, walked up to Lin Wanrong and said, "Lin Aiqing, there are some things I want to talk to you alone."

Lin Wanrong was stunned for a moment, then put down the folder in his hand, and followed Zhao Fei to a warm pavilion outside.

Lin Wanrong is well aware of the way of being a minister, knowing that even if you are busy, when the leader comes to you, you should quickly put down what you are doing and go to work with the leader.

After Zhao Fei sat down, Lin Wanrong bowed and said, "I don't know why Your Majesty is looking for this humble minister?"

"I don't have anything to do, I just want to chat with you." Zhao Fei pointed to a chair beside him and said, "Lin Aiqing is sitting, there are only Aiqing and I here, and you are the queen's father, and you are the head of the state. It is considered a family, so there is no need to be so polite, it looks a little bit born."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Wanrong thanked, and then sat down on a chair, but only made one-third of the chairs. These are all court etiquette. As the Minister of Rites, Lin Wanrong has studied these things deeply.

"What's going on in the Ministry of Rites recently?" Zhao Fei asked.

"No." Lin Wanrong looked at Zhao Fei with some surprise and said, "Why does Your Majesty ask such a question, did you hear something?"

"That's not true, I just asked casually." Zhao Fei shook his head and said, "How is the work of the Ministry of Rites going?"

"It's all very good." Lin Wanrong nodded and said, he still had some doubts on his face, but he didn't understand the meaning of Zhao Fei's previous words. He thought in his heart that something big happened in the Ministry of Rites that he didn't even know about?

Zhao Fei's question was just so anxious and half-answered. After such a period of time, Zhao Fei said: "Have all the envoys from Donghai Kingdom been sent back?"

"They were all sent back." Lin Wanrong said: "The special envoy of the Ministry of Rites watched them board the boat. When we see them again, we will have to wait until the first batch of spices arrives."

"Yeah." Zhao Fei raised his brows, but he thought of some past events, so he asked: "By the way, last time you took someone to investigate the secret contact between the East China Sea envoy and some merchants in Chang'an, did you find anything?" .”

"No, those people did it very covertly." Lin Wanrong shook his head and said, "After a thorough investigation, those people disappeared completely as if they had never appeared before. Why, did your Majesty hear any news?"

"I've heard some news, but I don't think it's reliable." Zhao Fei smiled and said, "So I want to get some news from Aiqing, to prove what I heard."

"That's it." Lin Wanrong pondered for a moment and said, "It's really strange to talk about that incident, but none of the suspects were caught. If it wasn't for Weichen who did it himself, Weichen wouldn't believe it. Those people didn’t leave any clues behind.”

"This shows that they are not only masters, but also understand the court's way of doing things." Zhao Fei said: "These people need to be vigilant. Since you are handling this matter, you need to pay more attention to it."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lin Wanrong respectfully accepted the order.

Looking at Lin Wanrong who is so obedient, Zhao Fei really couldn't feel that he had the idea of ​​Elder Gao's plan. After pondering for a while, Zhao Fei said: "Lin Aiqing, there is something I want to ask you."

"Your Majesty, please tell me." Lin Wanrong said hastily.

"I heard people say that you seem to have the idea of ​​retiring from your old age and returning to your hometown." Zhao Fei said, "I don't know if this is true?"

(End of this chapter)