1285 After the Lantern Festival
After the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of royal relatives and high-ranking officials and nobles will first move their families to Yanjing. Especially after Yanjing City has begun to take shape, those royal relatives who want to establish good relations with the royal family, especially those royal relatives, will even want to fly to Yanjing immediately, so that they can take the lead and find a house with excellent geographical location for themselves in Yanjing.
There are many people with this mentality in Lin'an, and even the royal family, Zhao Shicheng, the prince of Xin'an, intends to set up a mansion in Yanjing now.
The reason for this is entirely because after Zhao Kuoyu personally returned to Lin'an, his intention to move the capital was spread from the palace at some point, which forced the royal relatives of Lin'an to make plans early, so as not to fall behind after the imperial court moved the capital, and even could not plan a good house in Yanjing.
It was precisely because Zhao Kuo's intention to move the capital was spread from the palace that those high-ranking officials, royal relatives, and families with relationships, identities, status and influence began to seek to buy houses in Yanjing through various relationships, which led to the fact that just after the Shangyuan Festival, a large number of merchants from all over the south of the Yangtze River flocked to Yanjing City.
Even dozens of merchants flocked in one day, making Yanjing Capital feel that it would be difficult for war to start in the south, which made these merchants go north like a fleeing?
The expensive merchants in the south went north, and the instructing and instructing the forces behind them, these merchants went north started to open various transactions in Yanjing, while looking for a mansion for themselves, and naturally they also had to find a better home for the network behind them.
This also made Yanjing, which had just recovered from a shortage of cash silver a few days ago, suddenly felt like it had a treasure mountain that could not be spent, and a large amount of cash silver and even gold poured into Yanjing like a tide.
I wandered around half of the new Yanjing City on the Lantern Festival with Li Fengniang. In less than a month, the residential areas of the new Yanjing City were already sold before they were fully built.
However, the purchase frenzy in January made the merchants and nobles in Yanjing City a little stunned. When they realized that the court might move the capital to the new Yanjing City in the future, they couldn't help but slapped their thighs with some annoyance, saying that they were not aware of it and were snatched first by others.
Therefore, when the purchasing wave of merchants from the south had not completely faded, the merchants and nobles from Yanjing City, as well as the nobles from several cities around, also began to join the rush to buy, which made the taxes of Yanjing Mansion exceed the various taxes collected last year in just two months.
King Qing Zhao Kai, Zhao Shichun, who was also named King of Wu a few years ago, and Zhao Shicheng, the prince of Xin'an, and other royal relatives, and even the families of several concubines Zhao Kuo in the palace, either wrote a letter directly to Ye Qing, hoping that Ye Qing could reserve a good house for them in Xinyanjing City, or through the relationship between other officials, in the end, he would present it to Ye Qing.
Compared with other nobles and merchants who simply want to occupy a few good houses, the purpose of those royal relatives is to become more intriguing.
Through various relationships, I hope to find a good house in Yanjing. Even if I take this opportunity to get a friendship with the only king of the imperial court, Ye Qing. Even if they are already royal relatives, they are very clear in Lin'an that the Song Dynasty can be so strong and not be bullied.
Insults can even make others like Dali bow down and surrender. Although it is because of the current emperor's command in person, the more reason is naturally because of the imperial court, the king of Ye Qing, a different surname who is far away in the north.
However, because the King of Yan was not in Lin'an for many years and lived in Yanjing, the newly promoted royal relatives, high-ranking officials, and even some court officials, even wanted to make friends with the King of Yan, but they were unable to find it thousands of miles apart.
So now that there is a chance, these people are naturally unwilling to let go, but due to the face of the priest Zhao Kuo, some people naturally dare not blatantly make friends with the King of Yan, and showing goodwill to the King of Yan through other methods has become their only way.
Zhao Kuo was aware of some things, but Ye Qing's achievements in the court were seen by the people of the whole world, let alone... Zhao Kuo thought of this, and once again turned his attention to the letter Li Fengniang gave him from Yanjing.
Xiao carefully read Li Fengniang's letter from Yanjing again. Every time he saw Li Fengniang talking about Ye Qing's willingness to give up his power after the death of the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Kuo's mouth would unconsciously smile.
But... did Ye Qing really give up the reality of his powerful power in the North?
Zhao Kuo shook his head slightly. He couldn't believe it. When Ye Qing really gave up his power, although his civil and military officials would obey the court under Ye Qing's pressure,... would they really be completely loyal to the court?
Even after moving the capital to Yanjing, it would be better to say that the court resigned to Ye Qing than to move the capital. In this way, it would be fine if Ye Qing was willing to delegate power. If he just gave the empress dowager a word of comfort, then can he, Emperor Zhao Kuo... really become the real emperor of the Song Dynasty? Or can he really wait until Ye Qing dies before he can be like a real emperor?
No one can understand Zhao Kuo's thoughts, and even his troubles were in Lin'an Palace, he didn't know who he could tell.
After all, although the relationship between him and Ye Qing is unknown, the facts are left there, which prevents him from talking to someone he wants to find a close friend, which makes it extremely difficult.
Queen Yan is obviously not the object of Zhao Kuo's thoughts. Although Han Ying can be regarded as a confidant by him, because of his long-term residence in the palace and the fact that Zhao Kuo's vision is no longer as good as before, Han Ying, now Concubine Han, can no longer understand all the thoughts of Zhao Kuo as before.
What's more, it's a big matter in the court. Even if Zhao Kuo wanted to say a few words to Han Ying, Han Ying would just listen quietly, just as if he never asked about court affairs, and would not give him any ideas or opinions.
After stroking his chin and thinking for a long time, Zhao Kuo's eyes suddenly lit up and he said to the eunuch Wei Jing beside him: "Go, prepare a casual dress for me, and invite Concubine Han to come over and leave the palace with me later."
Wei Jing bowed his head and was about to go to the side hall to choose a casual outfit for Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo continued, "By the way, I will send someone to Xie Shenfu's mansion first and tell Xie Daoqing that I will pick her up with Concubine Han later."
As Wei Jing nodded and left, Zhao Kuo's mouth unconsciously smiled.
Maybe... from Xie Daoqing, I can't tell you that the truth may be known or that I can help me make a firm decision.
Although Xie Daoqing only helped him meet Han Ying, Xie Daoqing, who didn't know his identity at that time, had a straightforward personality.
Po made Zhao Kuo feel appreciated, and Xie Daoqing and Ye Qing also seemed to be very familiar with each other, so Zhao Kuo became interested in chatting with her.
In fact, in addition to Xie Daoqing, there is another person who can be regarded as Zhao Kuo's confidant, but now his uncle Li Lifang is too proud of Ye Qing's achievements in the northern region, and his relationship with Ye Qing has always been very good. After the Spring Festival, he secretly sent people to Yanjing, hoping to buy a good house in the new Yanjing city.
The carriage stopped happily in front of Xie Daoqing's mansion. Before Wei Jing had put the horse stool, Xie Daoqing stepped on and rushed into the carriage. Seeing that there was Zhao Kuo with a smile in the carriage, Xie Daoqing was stunned at first, and then hurriedly saluted Zhao Kuo.
A series of panicked actions made Han Ying laugh a lot, and then moved to the side, signaling Xie Daoqing to sit with him.
After coming out of the palace, Han Ying had never known what Zhao Kuo had asked Xie Daoqing for this time. In addition, the invitation to Xie Daoqing was still in the name of Concubine Han, so this made Xie Daoqing take a panic move after getting on the carriage.
"Jingci Temple." Zhao Kuo said to the front, and then the carriage drove towards Jingci Temple under Weijing's driving.
Jingci Temple obviously has special significance for Han Ying and Zhao Kuo. After all, the first time they met was there, and because of Xie Daoqing's guidance, Jingci Temple has extraordinary significance for the three of them.
Han Ying smiled and looked at Xie Daoqing who had looked at him and asked, then smiled and shook her head, indicating that she didn't know why the emperor Zhao Kuo wanted to go to Jingci Temple.
Lin'an City is still full of flowers and bustling, and there are still shops on various streets, with hawking sounds mixed with crowds. Even if you just sit in a carriage, you can feel the prosperous atmosphere.
Especially with the expulsion of the Jin Kingdom from Yuguan and the surrender of Dali Kingdom on the New Year, Lin'an, which originally seemed to have only the poetic and commercial atmosphere of books, it seemed that there was a bit more majesty that an imperial capital should have.
However, Lin'an City is too small after all. Although the Yu Street is ten miles long, except for Yu Street, the wide streets that can be found in the entire Lin'an City are too short. Therefore, with the arrival of the prosperity and the strength of the imperial court, Lin'an is no longer able to meet the majesty and various functions that an imperial capital should have.
Although the people began to circulate the capital, they had to admit that there were still some knowledgeable scholars in the rumors in the market, and they had long seen the various shortcomings and flaws of Lin'an as the capital of the Song Ting. In this way, since the rumors of moving the capital have become a certain fact, people are about to be considered a certain fact. Even though Zhao Kuo has not made up his mind yet, the people seem to have made a decision for him.
There are still many horse-drawn carriages and pilgrims in front of Jingci Temple, especially because of the rumors of moving the capital, more wealthy families who want to move with the court have to run to the Buddhist temple to divine their big family’s unknown future: Should they move better or not?
Chapter completed!