Chapter 588: Royal Water Master

After leaving the Martial Arts School, Chen Ao rode a horse and entered the palace directly. When he arrived at Zhengde Gate, the guards at the door recognized him and asked Chen Ao to wait in the dark of the door hole. After reporting, he came.

Then Yang Jian came over hurriedly and smiled at Chen Ao from afar.

Chen Ao quickly walked over and asked, "Your Majesty is in Wenjing Pavilion?"

Yang Jian said, "In the palace of the Empress Dowager." He paused and said, "The last time you entered the palace, I saw the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was still complaining! He said that his relationship with you was fading, and it happened to be right. I will go and ask her today."

Chen Ao nodded, and the two passed through the numerous palaces, entered the harem, and went to the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Yang Jian first informed him, and then Chen Ao walked in and asked the Empress Dowager first, and then he saw Zhao Ji sitting under the curtain drinking tea slowly.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "If it weren't for the official family here, I'm afraid Chen Ao wouldn't come to Ai's house!"

Chen Ao immediately said, "The last time I entered the palace, I saw that it was getting late, so I was afraid that I would miss the palace gate and fall, so I didn't come. Please forgive me for your crime."

"Stop it, it's not rare for you to come or not. As long as you are willing to serve the official family, you will have red tape and you don't have to be serious. Your Majesty said something just now. Yes, it's the Xixia princess who marry and want to choose a prince consort. You are from the Honglu Temple. I believe you know about this?"

Chen Ao was stunned and looked at Zhao Ji. He saw Zhao Ji frowned slightly, and he looked quite distressed, and said, "I have just returned and I have rested at home for a few days. Today I went to the Martial Arts School first. The Honglu Temple has not yet inquired about this. I really don't know about this at all."

Zhao Ji coughed and said, "The only son of Li Ganshun, the King of Xixia, fell and died without hesitation. Therefore, there is only one daughter who is the most favored. It is said that she wanted to marry the prince of the Jin Kingdom, but later the princess refused to obey and wanted to choose a son-in-law himself. Li Ganshun couldn't resist it, so she made a promise and sent letters to all countries and summoned princes of various countries to invite marriage. Although I have many princes and the third prince is the most talented, the people of Xixia are unruly and cannot achieve it by just learning. In the end, I am afraid that the prince of the Jin Kingdom will win the championship. Li Ganshun is only one daughter, and the relationship between Jin Xia is probably going to go further."

Chen Ao immediately understood. Perhaps the Empress Dowager was still ignorant. After all, Chen Ao was in the Honglu Temple and could see through such things at a glance. Jin Xia had a covenant before, but on the other hand, he was not completely unprepared. This covenant was just a joint offense and defense. On the surface, it seemed that the harm was very great, but in fact it was not to be fatal.

I am afraid of the fact that Jin and Xia are afraid of the connection between Jin and Xia. This time the marriage is more closely connected. What is even more terrifying is that if the Xia people were willing to borrow the road for the Jin soldiers, the Jin army could march straight into and attack the passes through the Xia realm and attack the passes in the Song Dynasty.

This terrible result, if it were in the past, it was hard to say after marriage. Marriage has long been popular among countries and is a naked diplomatic skill. However, different marriages have different results. For example, this time by Li Ganshun, he only had one only daughter, and even the prince was dead. With just this bloodline, marrying out is roughly equivalent to handing over his life to others. This marriage is of great significance.

In the past, Xixia was still on guard against the Jin people, but after marriage, it was different. This time, even if no one married the Xixia princess in the Song Dynasty, he had to destroy the Jin prince to marry. No wonder Zhao Ji was worried. After all, it was Xixia. It was not a place where you said the same thing. If something went wrong, it would be a big deal.

Although the martial arts of the Song Dynasty have achieved results, they are far from enough. With the current strength, only God knows what the result will be.

Chen Ao vaguely remembers that the Song Dynasty in history, at this time, the northern expedition of Liao Kingdom, was killed by the Khitans and was defeated in a scattered manner. However, these Khitans were chased by the Jin people in the north and immediately collapsed as soon as they came into contact with them. The reason why they can still support it now is because they barely resisted by the city blockade, and it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed.

Faced with such a terrible opponent, if he was not prepared, even if he could recover the Jingkang shame and defend Bianjing, outside Bianjing, countless villages and families would be killed and robbed by the Jin people. Blood flowed into a river and corpses were buried thousands of miles away. Chen Ao thought about this scene and felt terrible.

The Empress Dowager smiled faintly and said, "A Xixia princess, our royal family really disdains to marry, but the official said it is related to national affairs, so there must be a candidate. How about Duke Chen? He is not married yet, and it is time to get married."

Zhao Ji shook his head: "Duke Chen will only make people laugh at me as no one in the Song Dynasty."

The Empress Dowager said again: "Where is King Jing? King Jing is said to have good guns and sticks since he was a child, so he might try it. After all, the people of Xixia are barbarians, and I heard that the heroes they respect the most."

Zhao Ji still shook his head: "Li Ganshun is good at my Song Dynasty culture and once ordered the three hundred nobles to study. Such a person is not favored by a reckless man, nor can he succeed."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Actually, we still have someone who will definitely win his favor, but unfortunately he has married a wife."

Zhao Ji said: "Who is it?"

The Empress Dowager glanced at Chen Ao and said, "Of course it's the Prince of Penglai."

Chen Aoda felt embarrassed and hurriedly said, "Shame, ashamed, I didn't expect that the empress dowager would have such a good impression in the mind of the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager said with a stern face: "There is nothing good or not. I only know that you, Chen Lengzi, are the most unrestrained, but you are very skilled in coaxing girls. Besides, you are Chen Lengzi, and even if you can't marry that prince, you will definitely destroy the Golden Prince's marriage to the Xixia Prince. You can't rely on doing good things, and you have some experience in doing good things into bad things."

Chen Ao widened his eyes and couldn't help but say, "Why did the Empress Dowager say this? I am really wronged. In fact, I am kind-hearted and very good-looking. Perhaps the Empress Dowager did not have a deep understanding of the Empress Dowager, which caused this misunderstanding. If you don't believe me, go and ask the official family, he knows the most."

Zhao Ji immediately said, "I don't know your beauty. The King of Jin just came to complain, saying that you, a big man, actually ran to Qinghe's boudoir. A negligence almost caused a disaster. You say, what kind of character do you have?"

Chen Ao immediately lowered his head in shame and dared not speak anymore.

The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Like a child, don't make such a fool of yourself in the future."

Zhao Ji also laughed: "My mother doesn't have to worry about this matter. Anyway, it will be three months later in Xixia. I'll think about it again."

The Empress Dowager said, "The Ai family doesn't want to worry, they are just afraid that the officials will worry about this." After that, he looked at Chen Ao and said, "I guess there is something wrong with Chen Ao coming to find the official family, right?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager is a clever plan, and the empress dowager is amazed. People say that the Empress Dowager is the most understanding. It was my wise queen in the Song Dynasty that I had produced a virtuous queen in a hundred years. I used to be unbelievable. There were many empress dowagers in all dynasties in the Song Dynasty. How could the Empress Dowager alone take over the river? Today I have seen it. Oh, I have been admired for a long time." He laughed for a while, then winked at Zhao Ji and said, "I am here to discuss the matter of the navy with Your Majesty."

Zhao Ji heard Chen Ao talk nonsense, which made the Empress Dowager happy, and laughed, saying, "You said that, why are you doing so many things?"

Chen Ao said: "The navy is about to be built, and the southeast is almost the same, and the northeast is also recruiting people. Weichen is thinking that the navy is wandering away all year round, and it is most important to maintain a loyalty. Weichen means that the navy cannot be loyal to the Song Dynasty or the court..."

The Empress Dowager frowned: "If you don't be loyal to me, the Song Dynasty and the imperial court, who will you be loyal to?"

Chen Ao said: "Of course it is the royal family and Your Majesty, the Great Song Navy, who is wandering among the waves of thousands of miles. If you don't have a belief in your heart, how can you serve? Therefore, the empress came over and wanted to ask Your Majesty to give the navy a name. How about calling the royal navy?"

The Empress Dowager was a little displeased at first. After hearing what Chen Ao said, she couldn't help laughing: "It's hard for the navy to wander around. The Ai family heard that going out to sea is uncomfortable, there are wind and waves, and it's bumpy. It takes half a year or several months to go out at one time. Is it necessary to comfort me. Royal Navy? Official family, this is a good name."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Okay, just call the Royal Navy, I will issue an order immediately."

Chen Ao breathed a sigh of relief and finally fooled the palace. With the golden signboard of the royal family, he could still fool the outside. There was no one who could get involved in the royal family these days. The navy was the first. Those young young men must have screamed and wanted to go in when they heard it. Now I will recruit people first.

The Empress Dowager didn't know that Chen Ao talked so much, but in fact he wanted to use this sign to cheat; if he knew, he would probably be able to pull it out and spank.

At this time, the Empress Dowager had a better impression of Chen Ao. She always felt that Chen Ao was a first-class loyal minister, and it was good to be loyal to the court and the Song Dynasty, but it was more direct to be loyal to the royal family and the emperor.

After sitting down in the palace for a while, Chen Ao saw that it was getting late, he said goodbye and went home with satisfaction.

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Among the six ministries, the Ministry of War yamen said it was big or small, but compared with other ministries, the yamen was basically deserted. Usually, except for some clerks, they could not see people.

It is no wonder that the Song Dynasty emphasizes literature and neglects military affairs. There is a word "soldier" in front of the Ministry of War, which is inevitably a bit underestimated. In addition, the bosses in each border town are either eunuchs or civil officials, and they are directly responsible to the Privy Council. Even if they ask people to come back and work, they will go directly to the Privy Council, which is a detour to the Ministry of War.

Those who came here were all intermediate officers who asked for food or grass, or on behalf of the border towns and various vassal departments to ask for an explanation. They sat in the yamen hall, didn't drink any tea, and wanted nothing, just cheating, and then complained loudly, saying that the brothers were about to starve to death, why didn't the money pay yet? Or the time when the thieves were suppressed, so many brothers died, why did the money pay still not come?

Anyway, the Ministry of War could not be found, so the bad things must be coming here. In addition, these generals and oil-skinned people are all hippies and silly. When they come to the Ministry of War, they are just like another person.

Fortunately, the men in the Ministry of War do not care about such chores, and they will avoid them when they hit such people. The hardships are still the clerks, so they have to deal with them well.

As a clerk in the Ministry of War, I was really miserable, but I gradually became numb. I always laughed at people and practiced a slap in a slut. I went to Damao early every day, and then I did my own things, including the books and books, the station squad, and the waiter squad.

At this time, when the sun rises, a sedan chair will come slowly. Cai Tao is the person sitting in the sedan chair. Cai Tao also learned a little Cai Jing's style and tried to save the show when going out. However, Cai Tao usually gets up late, not as diligent as Cai Jing. He will never come to the ministry until the sun is over.

The sedan chair was put down steadily, and the clerks recognized the sedan chair at a glance, came over one by one, and said with a pleasant smile: "Mr. Cai is here..."

Cai Tao ignored it at all, got out of the sedan chair, just smiled coldly, and then said, "Is it good in the ministry?"

This was a question that was not moving; the clerks immediately said: "It's okay, but a doctor from the martial arts school wanted to meet the master of the ministry. The villains arranged him in the living room and asked him to wait first."

"It's the Martial Arts School again!" Cai Tao sneered and took his hands unhappily: "Let him wait slowly, I will take over the official duties first." As he said that, he lifted up the purple-clothed public uniform, climbed up the steps, and went straight into the yamen.

After passing a few archways, the main hall is the place where Lord Shangshu works. However, this main hall is too empty, and Cai Tao still likes to work in the ear room next to the main hall. After something big or a distinguished guest comes to see him, he comes here. Along the way, several officials bowed to Cai Tao and greeted him. Cai Tao just looked at them slightly and didn't pay much attention to it. He turned into the ear room and sat down behind the official documents. The clerk immediately brought tea.

Cai Tao waved his hand at him: "You don't need to serve here. Is Mr. Li coming? If he comes, ask him to come and see me."

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Chapter completed!