This made Emperor Zhao gradually feel relieved.

"You don't understand. I am really worried." After the communication, Zhao Jiu, who was a little relieved, pinched a mulberry and swallowed it in one gulp, then his face was full of fatigue. "These days, I am almost driven crazy by the gap of 30 million guan. I can't sleep all day and night. If these methods don't work, I can only increase taxes on a large scale and set a quota of 10 million guan for the Northern Expedition. Maybe I will point to Nanyang, Yangzhou, Tokyo and other places, and accuse anyone who is involved with the two emperors of treason and rebellion, and then make a family rebellion and openly rob..."

This was really too much, and it really seemed like something Emperor Zhao would do. Li Guang instinctively wanted to stand up and protest, but when he thought that this was a hypothetical strategy, he could only sigh.

Zhao Jiu also continued: "But as I said before, no matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are, it is always worth it. As long as we can recover the two rivers and unify the country, everything is worth it... While the imperial court and I still have some reputation after conquering Xixia, it is right for us to settle things as soon as possible."

In a nutshell, it's the Northern Expedition.

Everyone looked at each other, sighed in their hearts, and then, led by Prime Minister Zhao Ding, stood up and said they would obey the order.

At this point, it was logically unnecessary for Emperor Zhao to keep everyone here.

Because next, Zhao Ding and others will take the plan back, and they will have to find professionals to discuss and analyze it, and then come up with a truly executable detailed rule. Then there will probably be discussions in the secret cabinet, leaks in the public cabinet, announcements in the grand court, preheating and official promulgation of the official report, and so on and so forth...

There is still a lot to do.

However, Emperor Zhao waved his hand and said, "Please sit down. There are two more things that are slightly related to the Northern Expedition and are also about raising money. My lords, please don't say anything and just wait and see."

Zhao Ding and others were puzzled, but they could only sit back. After waiting for a while, as the Minister of the Honglu Temple Wang Lun and the Junior Minister of the Honglu Temple Xu Jing, who had just taken office two days ago, entered the place one after another, the important officials suddenly realized.

"Your Majesty, Jin Fushi and Taira Tadamori have been waiting for you outside the Yingyang Gate for a long time... In addition, there is also a merchant from Tokyo who has lived in Hakata Port, Japan for many years, so he is probably also indispensable." Wang Lun was an official minister after all, and he was very calm when reporting to the emperor. However, Xu Jing, who followed behind Wang Lun, for some reason, although he came from a family of officials and should not be stage-frightened, he still frequently looked at the Sangji Fish Pond where mulberries were being picked on a large scale as soon as he came in, which was quite rude.

Of course, Xu Jing certainly didn't know that these mulberries were picked to be sold to the regular shops outside Donghuamen. The regular shops would use them to make wine or mash them into juice and then sell them with ice. If he wanted to eat them, he could just go out and buy them later.

However, Zhao Jiu didn't care about these things and waved his hand to signal: "Let Jin Fushi come in first."

Wang Lun responded and turned to look at Xu Jing. Xu Jing, who had been staring at the direction of the fish pond, was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He quickly turned around with a eunuch and brought Jin Fushi a moment later.

Now that Jin Bu Shi had entered the back garden, he was stunned for a moment when he looked at the mulberry forest full of mulberries. But he was a true elite of that era after all. He was only stunned for a moment and then immediately returned to normal. Then he followed Xu Jing and the eunuchs to the stone pavilion and bowed calmly.

At this time, Zhao Ding and other ministers wanted to stand up according to etiquette, but Zhao Jiu waved his hand to stop them.

Not only that, the official did not even offer him a seat, but sat down and spoke to Jin Bu Shi who was standing there: "Jin Qing, this is the second time we meet. I know you are a rare person, and you also know my temper. Moreover, since you landed in Dengzhou, you have been reading the court newspapers and asking people about prices. I am afraid you know the situation here very well, so I will not waste time talking to you today..."

"A foreign minister asks the Emperor of Song for guidance." Upon hearing this, Jin Bu Shi straightened up, bowed and responded in a deep voice.

"First of all, I really appreciate your talent!" Zhao Jiu looked at this person and said earnestly. "And I will never discriminate against you just because you are from Goryeo... If you can come, you can first serve as a Hanlin scholar and serve as my internal affairs, ready for me to consult about northern affairs. After the Northern Expedition is successful, there will be a minister or a general waiting for you... If you are willing, come up and sit in the pavilion now, and share a bowl of mulberries with me and the ministers, and then I will talk to the Goryeo Wang family and take your family here. How do you think?"

Not to mention Jin Bu Shi who was already stunned in the middle of the meal, even the people around him, from Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun to Liu Ji and Chen Gui, from Li Guang to Hu Yin, Lin Jing Mo, as well as Fan Zongyin, Lu Benzhong, Ren Baozhong, and even Yang Yi Zhong, Liu Yan and Lan Gui were a little out of control... It took Lan Gui a while to come back to his senses, and then signaled to the eunuch to serve another bowl of mulberries.

As for Wang Lun and Xu Jing, there is no need to mention them, especially the latter who was already dumbfounded... He was just wondering how many years it would take before he could eat this bowl of mulberries, but his old friend came up and got the qualification.

In short, no one expected that this old-fashioned talent-seeking drama that only happened hundreds of years ago would appear here.

But everyone who knew Emperor Zhao's character knew that he was frivolous and that he was truly unconventional in his approach to talent. This included Kim Bu-sik, who had already believed it - this Emperor Zhao Song was not joking.

If today's event could be accomplished, the anecdote of Emperor Zhao recruiting scholars with a bowl of mulberries would probably be recorded in countless notes and even in official history.

Without further ado, back to the present, under a sun that was not scorching, but still somewhat hot, even though Jin Fushi had made full mental preparations before setting off this time, he still felt a little shaky at this moment... This temptation was indeed great for him!

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