Chapter 183 The Kind Should Tremble (Continued)
May is passing and June is approaching. Considering that Concubine Pan has hinted to Emperor Zhao more than once that she wants to have another child... When she said this once or twice, Emperor Zhao naturally felt quite touched. When she said it three or four times, he could not help but feel that it was just for fun. When she said it five or six times, it felt a bit dry. When she said it seven or eight times, he even felt a bit irritated.
So, at the end of this month, Emperor Zhao officially issued an edict to hand over the two princesses to Concubine Pan, who had given birth to and raised them... The effect was excellent, and Concubine Pan finally stopped saying this.
In addition, Emperor Zhao also formally received the Goryeo envoy Kim Bu-sik, who was the man who initiated the thousand-year-old political thought of great powerism on the Korean Peninsula. He may also be the most capable historian on the Korean Peninsula (he systematically compiled the history of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, and incorporated the unification of the Three Kingdoms into the Goryeo system. It was also the first official history of the Korean Peninsula). He was a politician who supported three generations of Goryeo monarchs through various internal and external crises. He was undoubtedly an outstanding person himself.
However, the meeting between such an outstanding person and Emperor Zhao seemed uneventful. The performances of both of them were a bit mature and perfunctory. Both parties were very happy and only emphasized the long-standing traditional friendship and the necessity of folk trade activities, and then the meeting ended without any conclusion.
In the final analysis, since Emperor Zhao knew that Kim Bu-sik was a pragmatic person, he no longer had the mentality of trying to get an advantage from him... Although there are cracks within Goryeo, to be honest, it is too early to say anything at this time, so just keep an eye out for the future.
As for what Kim Bu-sik was thinking, it was not clear.
But according to Wang Lun, Jin Bu Shi should not be as calm as he appears. Because before entering the palace, after he inquired about some things since the Jingkang period, he was said to have already given a very high evaluation of Emperor Zhao. This important official and famous historian of Goryeo believed that Emperor Zhao still had some problems, but compared with the "holy lord"... For example, compared with Emperor Guangwu, he could be considered a 30:70 Guangwu.
Not only that, Ambassador Jin also has great respect for Zhao Guanjia's literary and artistic level.
Needless to say, Jin Bu Shi also collected and sorted out the "Qing Yu'an" in detail. After reading the essay "Liang Ma Dui" polished by Xiao Lin Xue Shi and signed by Zhao Guanjia and Yue Fei in the capital, he copied it on the spot and said he would take it back to show his king.
However, after entering the palace, facing the entire overgrown palace, this Goryeo envoy and state official, who had previously been unable to express his feelings about Wang Lun's "official hardship", fell into a strange silence. His subsequent meeting with Zhao Jiu was even more lackluster.
Not to mention the hasty coming and going of the Li envoys... after all, some results were achieved... and the boring life of the Zhao Song officials continued.
In June, there was finally breaking news about the war, but the source was somewhat bizarre - Shi Bin, a remnant of the former traitor Song Jiang, also known as Shi Dalang, suddenly appeared in the Xingyuan Prefecture (Hanzhong) area, then openly proclaimed himself emperor and led his army to try to capture the Xingyuan Prefecture city.
Shi Dalang originally surrendered to the court with Song Jiang. Later, Song Jiang died of illness. Shi Dalang had been serving as a general under Zhang Shuye. Later, when the Jingkang Incident broke out, Zhang Shuye led his troops to defend the king and became the only minister who broke through the blockade of the Jin army and entered the city of Tokyo. It is basically certain that Shi Dalang returned to his old ways and became a military thief during this chaos.
But no one expected that this guy would drift all the way to Guanxi or Shangyong area, and suddenly appear in Xingyuan Prefecture today, and even dare to openly proclaim himself emperor?
This incident was one of the few things that caused Emperor Zhao to sigh... One must know that Shi Bin, Shi Dalang's background and name, were the standard prototype of Nine-Striped Dragon Shi Jin. He was more like the character than Madam Yizhangqing of Ma Gao, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp Army, and Li Bao, nicknamed Sick Guansuo. Nine-Striped Dragon Shi Jin was undoubtedly Emperor Zhao's life idol when he was in the third grade of elementary school, but he did not expect that he would finally realize the existence of his idol in this way.
However, although he knew it, Emperor Zhao did not make any response.
There are three reasons:
First, this was just a moderate riot. Apart from the shocking fact that Shi Dalang proclaimed himself emperor, the rest of the behavior was no different from that of ordinary military bandits. Moreover, considering the delay in the transmission of information and the isolated location of Hanzhong, it was very likely that the ripples were caused by the news that Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor or that northern Shaanxi was lost. There was really no need to make a fuss about it.
Secondly, Zhao Jiu has just set up a leadership structure of Yuwen Xuzhong-Zhang Jun-Hu Yin for Guanxi, which can be properly tested... In fact, with the emperor on the throne for nearly two years, many people have gradually figured out some of his temper, and his preference for being a hands-off boss is undoubtedly a great advantage for his subjects.
Thirdly, although life in Tokyo is boring, the officials are also very busy. There are always things like receiving envoys from Goryeo, which are useful and useless.
For example, Zhao Jiu was recently inspired by the problem of the Korean monk, and since he was really poor, he decided to go to the temple to beg for alms.
He first took Concubine Pan, Madam Wu, and the two little princesses Zhao Shenyou and Zhao Foyou, that is, the entire Zhao Song royal family, to the Daxiangguo Temple in Dongjing City... However, in the end, they returned disappointed. Because during the Jingkang Incident, the Jin people's plundering was aimed at the entire city and the Zhao Song center, which was a remote exploitation. This level of plunder was too high, and Daxiangguo Temple could not be exempted just because the Jin people respected monks, so the floating wealth here for a hundred years had long been transferred to the Jin people through the hands of the Song court.
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