579. The Captured Emperor 4
In the blink of an eye, three days have passed, and the heavy snow outside has not stopped. Although the court has already distributed relief materials, the snowy weather still makes people feel a little panicked.
The astrological platform has been prepared long ago. For today's worship, all civil and military officials are dressed in official uniforms, kneeling on the ground, waiting for their emperor to draw silk.
Zhou Zekai was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe today, holding the eldest prince Zhou Yu who came with him in his hand. He was also wearing a bright yellow crown robe at this time. The officials who were kneeling below felt frightened after taking a look at it, and then quickly took it back. Out of sight.
"All my dear friends! Come with me to the astrological tower!"
The Astrology Tower is the highest place in the capital. Now the emperor is leading the civil and military officials to go up to the Astrology Tower. Many people in the city are looking outside. In such heavy snow, they want to see clearly the situation of the Star-Zhaing Tower. Let the heavy snow really stop.
Just like this, he pulled Zhou Yu up to the astrology building step by step. Zhou Yu, who was pulled by his father, felt so nervous for the first time. He was already quite old. Naturally, he knew that the eunuch sent him to wear the crown today. What does it mean to obey, but sometimes I still can’t figure out why my father liked his younger brother so much before, but now he suddenly doesn’t like him anymore...
The Tong family followed, and their eyes involuntarily fell on Zhou Yu, who was being pulled by the emperor. Zhou Yu's tutor mentioned this matter when he returned home that day. The Tong family had some guesses, but they did not make a conclusion. But now, when I see everything come to light, I have a different feeling.
It seems that the imperial concubine is really in doom. The emperor is so disgusted that he even hates the second prince Zhou Zhan who has been doting on him for several years, and even plans to make Zhou Yu the prince.
This so-called astrological platform worship is just to tell the Chinese, civil and military officials that the crown prince has been decided! ! !
After finally boarding the astrological platform, the cold wind howled and the snowflakes were so sharp that Zhou Zekai's hair, which was not messy at all, was blown up. What's more, the eldest prince Zhou Yu, who is only eight years old this year, At this time, his cheeks were even redder.
Then came a whole set of worship services. Zhou Yu followed his father, and he did whatever his father did. Somehow, he felt that the noise seemed to have become much quieter...
"Hope God will protect our people in the dawn of the Jin Dynasty from being displaced, and there will be no more natural or man-made disasters..."
As he recited the words of worship, snowflakes fell on Zhou Zekai's body. There were snowflakes on his hair and eyebrows, but this did not affect his behavior. The same was true for Baiguan today. In such a wind and snow, although he was already extremely Tired, but persevering.
I don't know how long it took, probably more than an hour, but the heavy snow in the sky gradually stopped. When the gloomy sky officially cleared, the sun blocked by dark clouds emerged, shining the light on Zhou Zekai's face. The civil and military officials, as well as the people in the city who were watching all this, knelt on the ground in tacit agreement.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!!!!"
This moment comes from the most sincere cry in my heart. The heavy snow that has lasted for three months has finally stopped!
After that, Zhou Zekai led the civil and military officials back to the court again. After preparing clothes for the officials, they discussed disaster relief together. It was already December. In previous years, they would have been busy preparing for the New Year, but this year it snowed It has been falling since October, and now that the snow has finally stopped, it is also a new opportunity for post-disaster reconstruction.
He handed over the post-disaster reconstruction documents he had prepared long ago to these officials for distribution, and assigned additional supervisory personnel. This time, anyone who is greedy for post-disaster resources can be killed first and reported later! ! !
Such vigorous and resolute actions and such wisdom made the ministers in the court feel as if they were seeing this Emperor Hui'an for the first time, but they still made arrangements quickly.
Zhou Yu just watched the whole process, watching the ministers' eyes of admiration for their father, as well as his father's power. This obvious feeling made Zhou's mother worship Zhou Zekai, his father, even more.
Zhou Zekai has decided that since he does not plan to have other sons, he just has such a son to cultivate, and plans to wait until after the snow disaster to officially crown Zhou Yu as the prince!
The disaster relief work was arranged in an orderly manner. Only then did Zhou Zekai have time to see Shu Huiyun, the time-traveling girl with her own system, and Zhou Zeyan, the third prince who was locked in the same room with her. He didn't know how the two would feel after facing each other. .
Taking Wang Daxi to the room that was specially watched by the secret guards, Zhou Zekai saw two people locked up there, one was Shu Huiyun and the other was Zhou Zeyan. Both of them were in extremely embarrassed condition at this time. They were not as beautiful as before. ?
There are at least ten secret guards guarding outside this room. If the two of them make any movement, they will be killed instantly.
After walking in, both of their eyes fell on Zhou Zekai.
"Zhou Zekai! Where is my family! Have you let my family go? And Zhan'er! He is still a child!!!"
Shu Huiyun, who was stimulated by the dead man, already understood that the man in front of him could no longer be the Emperor Hui'an who loved him so much. At this time, he was just worried about what happened to his family and Zhou Zhan.
Zhou Zeyan on the side glared at Zhou Zekai fiercely. He didn't expect that Zhou Zekai would dare to use such an inexplicable reason to confiscate his Three Princes' Mansion! Zhou Zeyan was extremely angry at not giving him any chance to prepare.
"Haha, dear concubine, I will satisfy you whatever I promise you. The Shu family is not dead, don't worry."
But it is more painful than death. Because Guy Shu conspired, all the relatives in the nine clans were imprisoned and their eyes were gouged out and their tongues were cut out. Now I am afraid it is more painful than living.
People... always have to pay the price for their greed.
"What about Zhan'er? How is Zhan'er?" Although she hated Zhou Zekai, Shu Huiyun still believed that Zhou Zekai kept his word. She was just extra worried about her son and what Zhou Zekai would do to Zhou Zhan.
"Oh? My beloved, do you want Zhan'er to see you like this? Or...at this time, do you still want Zhan'er to recognize his biological father?"
Zhou Zekai looked at Zhou Zeyan with a smile. If Zhou Zeyan didn't know Zhou Zhan's identity, then it would be a ghost. Seeing Zhou Zeyan's eyes flashing slightly, Zhou Zekai continued.
"Imperial brother, I have always wanted to obey my father's last wish and let you live well, but you just don't cherish your life. More than 370 people in the emperor's palace have gone to make amends with my father. He has his beloved concubine and children, but now he only has one child, Zhan'er. I think the emperor must be happy. After all... the emperor likes the real imperial concubine so much! He likes it so much that he doesn't hesitate to let the imperial concubine Give birth to your son, the emperor’s brother!”
Zhou Zeyan really didn't expect that his stupid brother would see through all his plots. At this time, he also knew that his situation was over. No matter what he said, there was nothing he could do to save him. It was better to soften up and make this brother soften his heart.
"But don't worry, Zhan'er is still young and I won't touch him. After all, I have doted on him for several years. When he is a little older, I will let him come and recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. When your family is reunited, I will also It’s a good thing done.”
What is the best revenge for these greedy people? The best revenge is to let these people know how good he is now!
Let the secret guards take Shu Huiyun away again. After getting a lot of good things from Shu Huiyun, Zhou Zekai left and locked Shu Huiyun and Zhou Zeyan together again. Don't they love each other? Then let them see each other every moment in their lives.
With the materials dug out from the basement, many people finally survived this winter. Spring is getting closer and closer. This natural disaster that has made people's lives miserable has finally come to an end.
In March after the beginning of spring, Zhou Zekai announced the news of canonizing Zhou Yu as the prince, which was affirmed by the important ministers in the court. In the past six months, the emperor also changed from the gentle and weak emperor to the iron-blooded emperor he is today. It has almost become Zhou Zekai's one word, and even those aristocratic families don't dare to speak easily.
Previously, in order to find out whether Zhou's trading company still existed, or whether the Zhou family's treasures were real, they spread rumors that the emperor's treasures were for burial. In the end, after being investigated by Zhou Zekai, he directly revealed the truth. He ransacked the house and beheaded the entire family in public. This iron-blooded style made the family dare not act rashly. After all, since the incident of Zhou's Trading Company came out, the emperor didn't know if he had any plans!
Of course Zhou Zekai had a backup plan. He came to the ancient plane and became the emperor. So Zhou Zekai could get almost everyone in the group who wanted something, and in exchange for a large number of things, there was everything for food and use. , especially those genetically modified seeds, potatoes and corn, etc., the people in the palace have already started researching them in advance.
After all, to rebuild after a disaster, what you need is food!
The queen is now in good health. The queen who has regained her rights has taken good care of the harem. Zhou Zekai doesn't have to worry about it at all. While Zhou Zekai is busy, he has time to teach his son to study and make his daughter happy. Now his daughter Zhou Ying is only four years old. , he was even more cute when he called him "Father", which made Zhou Zekai like him very much.
Half a year later, the promotion of potatoes and corn began across the country. Although the family intended to stop it, it was completely ineffective. After the family blocked it four or five times in a row, Zhou Zekai issued the latest decree on the re-division of land ownership in Jin. This As soon as the decree was issued, it immediately confused people, not to mention the wealthy families.
Don’t you want lots and lots of fields? Then pay taxes to the court, and the re-division of the land caught everyone off guard. Many people protested this matter, but Zhou Zekai completely ignored it. He pulled out a few people to scare the monkeys, but no one resisted.
As for those who still want to resist? Haha, the home raiding team is waiting for you.
Suddenly, the entire upper class of the Jin Dynasty was in turmoil, but there was absolutely nothing they could do against Zhou Zekai...