Chapter 173 The Eldest Grandson Left, Let’s Watch a Movie

Before leaving, Zhao Jun assigned this year's tasks to the Constitutional Yuan.

The reform of the official system was extended to the whole country.

Two special zones, Quanzhou and Guangzhou, were established to expand foreign trade.

Form a fleet and go to sea to explore overseas intelligence.

We fully support Li Shen and continue to increase the reform of state-owned enterprises and strive to achieve results within this year.

These are just big goals, there are some smaller goals.

Such as establishing schools, promoting mathematics, Arabic numerals and basic physical and chemical knowledge, building water conservancy lathes that existed in the Song Dynasty on the Yellow River, promoting water conservancy construction, vigorously smelting steel, etc.

Then the Institute of Geology was ordered to start inspecting coal mines and iron ore locations across the country.

This was done with the intention of finding the nearest large coal and iron mines in the future so that canals could be dug in preparation for the first industrial revolution.

There are all kinds of things, all of which are planning for the future.

A country must not only have a far-sighted vision, but also make corresponding plans.

Just as our country has finally achieved much-anticipated achievements through a series of five-year development in later generations, we need to make long-term plans.

Therefore, there should be no shortage of steps.

In the early morning of January 20th, it was early spring, and the temperature was gradually warming up.

The warm wind from the southeast blew over the Bianhe River, across the grassland outside the city, and finally blew into Bianliang City, causing the willows on both sides of the Bianhe River to sway with the wind.

Zhao Jun had breakfast in the palace, accompanied by not only Zhao Zhen but also Queen Cao.

Queen Cao's belly was not obvious two years ago, after all, she was only three months pregnant at that time, but it has been more than four months, almost five months, after the year, her belly is swollen, and her face is always filled with a happy smile.

Since the queen was present, Zhao Zhen did not talk too much with Zhao Jun, but only talked about some state affairs. It was not until the banquet was over that Zhao Zhen personally escorted Zhao Jun out of the palace.

Zhao Zhen gave serious instructions along the way. When he was approaching Xihua Gate, he said: "Dasun, be careful and safe when you go to other places."

"rest assured."

Zhao Jun smiled and said, "I won't be reckless."

"Alas, my grandson has left. I feel empty in my heart. I'd better come back as soon as possible."

Zhao Zhen was in a low mood and looked sad.

Although the emperor of a country should stand up, even if there is no Zhao Jun, he must rely on the officials of the Constitutional Yuan to maintain the development of the entire country.

But his character is inherently weak and lacks independence. After Zhao Jun came, he has always been his backbone.

Especially after knowing the future history of the Song Dynasty and knowing that the Song Dynasty would perish, Zhao Zhen fell into panic.

He has regarded Zhao Jun as his savior.

Now that Zhao Jun was leaving Bianliang again to inspect other places, he felt a little panicked and felt like he had lost something.

"Actually, we have made a good start now and are barely on the right track."

Zhao Jun smiled and comforted: "As long as the war in the northwest goes smoothly, the country can promote reforms and alleviate social conflicts. In this way, the country's financial pressure will be reduced, education, science and technology, economy, and military development can be promoted, and national strength will soon increase. "

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly and said: "If that's the case, that would be great. To be honest, I have seen the changes in the Imperial Court and Bianliang, and I really hope that the Song Dynasty will be strong one day."

"There will be such a day, brother, don't worry too much. Since I came here, it must be to solve the problem. This inspection of various places is also to solve the problem."

Zhao Jun looked in the direction of Xihua Gate and said softly: "The cornerstone of the country's development is agriculture. Feeding everyone is the prerequisite for long-term stability. I went out this time to inspect the agricultural situation. The people of the Song Dynasty The job must be taken care of, otherwise even if the external troubles are solved, sooner or later there will be internal troubles.”

"Um."

Zhao Zhen responded, and then the two of them stood at the door of Xihua Gate. He said to Zhao Jun: "I'll leave everything to my grandson."

As he said that, he bowed to Zhao Jun seriously.

Zhao Jun looked serious and returned the salute.

Although in history, Zhao Zhen was only a defender and did not achieve much.

But it is undeniable that he is kind...

Um.

It seems that only kindness is left.

Moreover, a woman's benevolence, hesitation and hesitation in doing things are really not trustworthy.

But at least for now, I believe that his hope that the Song Dynasty will be strong, that the Song Dynasty will change the history of Jingkang's humiliation in the future, and that the Song Dynasty will be peaceful and peaceful for the people is generally true.

So Zhao Jun believed in his heart for the time being.

The two said goodbye.

There was already a carriage waiting outside the palace gate.

Jiang Dalang, Huang Sanlang and other elite spies from the Imperial City Division followed the carriage.

After Di Qing left, the strength of the escort did not weaken, but increased by more than a hundred people.

In this way, there were more than 200 bodyguards on the surface, and hundreds of spies followed behind.

The most exaggerated thing is that Zhao Zhen was really worried about Zhao Jun's safety, so he mobilized two battalions of elite cavalry and followed behind him.

Two battalions are a thousand men.

It looks like a small number, but the problem is that there are unlikely to be tens of thousands of people following Zhao Jun.

What to do with grain and grass?

What to do with the baggage?

If he travels lightly, the large army will burden the local area. If you bring a large amount of food and grass, it will probably take several years to travel through Huainan, Zhejiang, Guangzhou, Sichuan and other places.

So one thousand people is enough.

After all, Zhao Jun still has the power to mobilize local armies, which must be unimpeded at least in the Song Dynasty.

The carriage drove slowly towards Nancheng, passed Baokang Gate, and arrived at the Three Corpses Temple.

There is also a Bianhe wharf here.

At this moment, a canal boat is parked at the wharf. The canal boat is a transport ship with a maximum load of more than 150 tons.

However, it is a large canal boat. Zhao Jun uses a medium-sized one with a load of more than 70 tons, which is more than enough to carry more than 200 people and their baggage.

As for the secret police and cavalry, they rented boats to follow, and took the land to pull the food and baggage to the agreed place to meet.

There were already crowds of people at the wharf.

After Zhao Jun's convoy came, people nearby were curious about which big man this was, so big.

But because the carriage was surrounded by three layers inside and outside, the people didn't know the situation.

When they arrived at the wharf, the government had cleared the area outside Zhao Jun's ship, and did not allow the surrounding people and workers to come close to watch the excitement.

Zhao Jun got off the carriage, and Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were waiting for him at the wharf.

Seeing him coming, everyone greeted him.

Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Actually, I have explained what I should tell you. What can I give you?"

"I still have to give you what I should give you."

Yan Shu came over and said with a smile, "Otherwise, you will blame us on the way. You didn't come over when you left Beijing."

"Am I such a stingy person?"

Zhao Jun said casually.

"You say that now. What if you have random thoughts on the way?"

Yan Shu shrugged, "We must be polite."

"Okay."

Zhao Jun scratched his head.

Old Lu held a wooden box in his hand and said, "Hanlong, I have nothing to give you when you leave Beijing. If you arrive in Shouzhou, here are my handwritten letters and my jade pendant tokens. Find my brother Lu Zongjian. He can do anything for you."

"Oh?"

Zhao Jun looked at Old Lu suspiciously and said, "I went to Huainan with no good intentions. I went to inspect the disaster area. If I catch any corrupt officials there and they are related to your Lu family, aren't you afraid that I will wipe out your Lu family?"

Lü Yijian smiled and said, "You can rest assured. The Lü family started with my grandfather, and three generations have been officials. The money came from a legitimate source. It was accumulated by my grandfather and expanded by my uncle. It is not that I would embezzle that little money."

There is a saying in later generations, "Why do you think that your ten years of hard study are worth my three generations of business?"

The Lü family did not study hard for ten years, but three generations of hard study, and two generations of prime ministers, with a salary of two or three thousand strings of cash every year. In addition, they have been engaged in business for generations, not only do they have power in the court, but they are also rich enough to rival a country.

Compared with the Lü family, the difference between three generations of business is like the difference between mules and horses and nobles.

At least in historical materials, there is indeed no record of corruption in the Lü family. Instead, it is recorded that their family is very rich and they have to kill a hundred chickens every day to eat chicken tongues.

Moreover, every person who reported Lü Yijian for corruption found out that Lao Lu was not greedy, but deliberately set a trap for his political enemies. Li Di and Wang Zeng were both framed by Lao Lu in this way.

So there was really no need for him to embezzle and give his political enemies a handle.

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes when he heard what he said, took the box given by Lao Lu and said: "Okay, I know your family is rich. If I go to Shouzhou, I will go to your house as a guest."

Wang Zeng came over and said: "My family is not in Huainan, but I know what you are doing in Huainan. I have a student there, maybe he knows the situation there."

He also gave Zhao Jun a letter.

Others such as Wang Sui, Cai Qi, Song Shou, Sheng Du, etc., also had letters entrusted to them.

These people are prime ministers, and their students and former officials are all over the world.

Zhao Jun left Beijing, and his first stop was the Huainan area, which was hit by the disaster two years ago and had a far-reaching impact. They knew what he was going to do with their toes.

Anyway, the court provided disaster relief, but the people there still lived a life worse than death. No one knew how much of the disaster relief money fell into the hands of the people.

In addition, Huainan has had poor harvests in the past two years, and the court has exempted taxes every year. Zhao Zhen took out things from the treasury to help Huainan pay taxes.

As a result, last year, a large number of Huainan people were bought as slaves by local wealthy businessmen and landlords. The government repeatedly banned it, and the court had to pay to buy them back. It is impossible to explain that there is no trick.

The prime minister team of the Political System Institute naturally knew what Zhao Jun was going to do in Huainan, and they could not stop him, so they simply did a favor and helped him understand the situation.

With their connections and networks, if Zhao Jun went to Huainan, no matter what he wanted to investigate, it would be much more convenient.

"It is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, but it is easy to add icing on the cake. You are all people who can add icing on the cake."

Zhao Jun took the letters and joked.

"Okay."

Lu Yijian said: "It's not like Bianliang outside. Be careful in everything. If you have any accidents, the government and we will go crazy."

"Okay."

Zhao Jun took the letters, handed all the things to Jiang Dalang next to him, and said: "Go back."

"Have a good trip."

"Come back early."

"Remember to write official documents."

Everyone waved goodbye.

To be honest.

It has been half a year since Zhao Jun opened his eyes.

He actually faces them every day.

Although he has some small opinions about them.

But after all, they are together day and night, and the old men are not without feelings for him.

So Zhao Jun is leaving Beijing alone now, and they are really reluctant to let him go.

It’s not that they really don’t want to let him go, but they are mainly afraid that he will kill people outside.

Especially in Huainan, it is a mess now, and the court has not handled it well.

If Zhao Jun saw something unpleasant there, he would kill people everywhere and cause a rebellion.

But they had no ability to stop Zhao Jun from leaving, so they could only "reluctant to leave" like this.

Zhao Jun smiled, waved to everyone, turned around and boarded the canal.

Then many inspectors also went up, and with a melodious call, the ropes tied to the dock were untied, and the boats began to slowly leave.

The dock was still bustling.

Lu Yijian and others stood in the distance and looked at the fluttering canal. Sheng Du said with a worried face: "I really don't know what Han Long will do when he leaves Beijing."

"From his style, we can see that the corrupt officials in Huainan should be in trouble."

Wang Zeng shook his head: "I hope my student is clean and does not go along with the corrupt there, otherwise even I can't protect him."

"It's a good thing that Han Long left."

Wang Sui smiled bitterly: "At least Bianliang shouldn't be tossed this year, my old bones , but I can't do anything about it. "

Lü Yijian glanced at him and said, "Be content. Hanlong has actually let him off. Do you think the officialdom in Bianliang is clean? He only cleaned up Kaifeng Prefecture, and the Censorate and the Three Departments only arrested a small number of people. If he really started a massacre, at least half of the thousands of officials in Bianliang would have died. "

"Okay, let's go."

Yan Shu saw that the boat had passed the high bridge at the entrance of Maiju Lane and disappeared in the distance, and said, "It's time to go back and report to the emperor."

Everyone got back in the carriage and went to the palace.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen was waiting in the palace.

In the Chongde Hall, there was a laptop on the table. He was not in the mood to watch a movie today, and he walked around in the study restlessly.

After about twenty minutes, Lü Yijian and others returned to the palace and reported to Zhao Zhen.

"Your Majesty."

"Is the eldest grandson gone?"

"Yes."

"Alas."

Zhao Zhen sighed, "My eldest grandson is gone, and I just can't calm down."

I missed my eldest grandson in the first hour without him.

Lü Yijian consoled him, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Hanlong is a man who knows his limits. He has so many people protecting him when he goes out, so he won't be in any danger."

"But I heard there is a plague in Huainan."

Zhao Zhen worried, "I'm afraid he will get sick."

Now Zhao Jun has been regarded as a life-saving straw by Zhao Zhen. Even if he leaves the notebook, how can the rich content in the notebook compare to Zhao Jun's brain?

At least the notebook can't tell them how to develop in the future, the specific manufacturing method of the steam engine, and all the courses from junior high school to high school.

Compared with Zhao Jun, the notebook is really better than nothing, so Zhao Zhen is very worried about Zhao Jun's safety, fearing that he will have an accident outside.

Although Zhao Jun has an army with him and can mobilize local garrisons, his safety is guaranteed.

The problem is that Huainan has suffered serious disasters in the past two years.

Where there is a disaster, there is a plague.

Plague is something that makes people very scared. Even if Zhao Jun brought some medicine before leaving Beijing, what if he can't be saved?

So Zhao Zhen didn't want Zhao Jun to leave, but Zhao Jun insisted on doing it, and he had no choice.

"Your Majesty, you worry too much."

Yan Shu smiled and said, "The plague can be cured by Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Ordinary people have no money and no medicine to treat the plague. Hanlong has no shortage of medicine, so there is no need to worry."

"Hmm"

Zhao Zhen thought about it and it was true. Treatise on Febrile Diseases was almost lost in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It was collected and compiled by Wang Shuhe of the Jin Dynasty. It still existed in the Song Dynasty. It has a set of methods to deal with the plague. There is really no need to worry.

Thinking of this, he nodded slightly.

Lu Yijian looked at the computer and said with an itch: "Your Majesty, Hanlong is gone, why don't we watch a movie and learn the knowledge of later generations."

Watch a movie?

Good suggestion.

Zhao Zhen suddenly became energetic and agreed: "Okay, then watch a movie."

As he said that, everyone gathered around.

When Zhao Jun was here, the computer was controlled by him. Usually, Zhao Jun kept it. They couldn't even touch it, let alone watch movies.

It was only during this period when he taught Zhao Zhen how to operate the computer that he showed it to them.

The last time they watched a movie was on Zhao Jun's birthday. The grand sci-fi scene shocked everyone, so much so that everyone was thinking about it for a long time, and dreaming about the vast universe in "The Wandering Earth".

Now that Zhao Jun is gone, they finally have the opportunity to watch movies again, and everyone naturally wants to try it again.

At this moment.

With Zhao Zhen's operation, the movie continued to play in the entertainment folder.