From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 526

Guan Caixi had to owe the dance, she was always stubborn, and she had to save her face in the end.

"I'm not cheating! I just don't know how to do it! When I learn it, I will fulfill my promise."

Although her face turned red when she said this.

Everyone didn't care, but came to the temporary wooden house, which had simple bows and arrows and fruit food prepared as a temporary base for everyone. Obviously, these were all prepared in advance by the Inner Court.

"The second competition begins."

Empress Zhaojing took down a bow and smiled slowly: "The same rules as horse racing, whoever has the most prey wins."

Guan Caixi hurriedly said: "If I win, can I offset the dance I owed before?"

"Of course."

Empress Zhaojing smiled: "But my sister, you'd better not underestimate the enemy, your opponent is not weak."

Guan Caixi snorted: "I have traveled all these years, and I am not in vain. I have a lot of tricks."

She also took down a bow, and this time she learned to be smart. She didn't hesitate at all, and ran out directly, riding a horse towards the dense forest.

"The time is one hour! Don't delay!"

Empress Zhaojing hurriedly added.

"Got it!"

Guan Caixi didn't even look back.

The three of them smiled at each other, and they also picked up their weapons, mounted their horses and entered the dense forest.

Zhou Yuan had deep memories in this forest. He and Qinshui fought with King Fu here and almost lost their lives. Now that he thought about it, it was more than a year ago.

Zhou Yuan's luck was not good. He wandered around for half an hour and didn't encounter any prey.

Logically, it's spring and flowers are blooming now, and the small animals should come out, but there is not even a hare.

Of course, the scenery is still good.

The bright sunshine shines through the leaves, shining spots on the ground. The beautiful Tyndall effect makes the place full of bright light beams. The green grass and wild flowers in the mountains grow vigorously in such sunshine.

The sound of horse hooves came, Zhou Yuan looked back, and saw Queen Zhaojing coming slowly with a bright smile on her face.

"Big sister..."

Zhou Yuan greeted.

But Guan Miaoshan jumped and landed lightly on Zhou Yuan's horse.

She hugged Zhou Yuan, pressed against his back, and whispered, "Warrior of the Great Jin Dynasty, this is my reward for you. Can you take me for a walk in the spring forest?"

"Of course."

Zhou Yuan smiled and rode forward gently.

Empress Zhao Jing hugged him and looked at the beautiful scenery around her. The smile on her face was so beautiful.

She whispered, "Junior brother, if there was no riot in Yunzhou, if you were not an official, what would you do?"

Feeling the soft squeeze on her chest, Zhou Yuan was in a good mood.

He smiled and said, "It's probably business. I have some talent in this area. Maybe I will become rich and enjoy life."

Empress Zhaojing said, "Do you mean I changed your fate?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head and smiled, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie, Senior Sister?"

"Of course the truth."

Empress Zhaojing said, "I hope that we can always be sincere and tell the truth to each other."

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying, "The truth is, even if you didn't help me deliberately, I would choose to be an official."

"It's just that the journey will be much bumpier."

Empress Zhaojing smiled and said, "Why? When I first met you in Baiyun Temple, I didn't think you had a strong desire to be an official. On the contrary, you had the idea of ​​reclusive life like Tao Yuanming."

Zhou Yuan said, "At that time, I didn't know much about the current situation and tried to keep myself out of trouble, but after I came down the mountain, I gradually understood that no one can be spared in troubled times, and the tide of the times swept over. , merchants are too humble and don't even have the ability to protect themselves. "

"Only being an official is the way out."

Empress Zhaojing said: "At that time, you were determined to turn the chaotic world into a prosperous world?"

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, at that time I was just thinking about the future, and I didn't have any lofty ideals."

"The real ideal was established in Lin'an Prefecture, the night I learned that Zhejiang Governor Huang Heng was assassinated."

"The governor was assassinated, which was undoubtedly a rebellion. Combined with the situation of the Great Jin and the contradictions on the north-south border, I finally had no choice but to make up my mind to turn the chaotic world into a prosperous world..."

At this point, he sighed: "Who doesn't want to live in a prosperous world?"

Empress Zhaojing thought for a while, and then whispered: "In fact, I am similar to you. I have been smart since I was a child. I can recognize most of the characters at the age of four. I can recite poems and songs from various dynasties at the age of seven or eight. I can write poems and essays at the age of eleven."

"Later, I followed my master to practice Taoism. I have excellent talent and can cultivate my energy. ""But seeing the suffering of the people, I can't help but feel sad. Why do people from the same world live completely different lives?"

"When I was fifteen or sixteen, I felt more and more deeply about this unfairness. I always saw the difficulties in the world, and I became curious about the high-ranking people in the Shenjing Palace."

"I wonder who are those people living there? Why can they sit back and watch the people suffer and remain indifferent?"

At this point, she sighed softly: "In fact, there were already many refugees in the north at that time, but it was not as bad as the Central Plains in the past two years."

Zhou Yuan said: "So the senior sister participated in the draft."

Empress Zhao Jing nodded and said: "I was young at the time, and I went there on impulse, I saw the extravagance of the entire palace, and I was filled with emotion. "

"While the refugees from Huguang and Shaanxi were chewing leaves, the concubines were fighting over the specifications of sedan chairs and dresses... It was ridiculous."

"From then on, I had a plan in my mind. I wanted to control everything and change everything."

She leaned her head on Zhou Yuan's back and said slowly: "So I started my plan, how I would win favor, how I would seize power, how I would ascend to the throne..."

"How to struggle in the vortex of struggle and finally survive."

"Fortunately, I seem to have a unique talent for the use and understanding of power tactics. I am now a sage king and have secured this position."

Zhou Yuan did not dare to speak.

Empress Zhaojing continued: "For so many years, I have hardly had a good sleep, nor have I been really happy. There are messes everywhere. It is not easy to be an emperor."

"Sometimes you know it is wrong to do something, but you have to do it for the overall situation..."

"Fortunately, you appeared, you really helped me a lot."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I am afraid I will be proud if you praise me so much."

Empress Zhaojing murmured, "A person with real ideals will not be proud in the face of such a broken world."

"Our journey to rectify this world has just begun. We still have a lot of things to do, about quelling rebellions, about reform..."

She was also worried and sighed, "I have studied the one-whip method and the land tax in detail. It is indeed a division. The reform of the Central Plains has achieved remarkable results in the past ten months. "

"The promotion of the new law will encounter many problems. Junior brother, after we defeat Mongolia this time, we should work hard to promote the new law throughout the country."

"That's when we will really encounter difficulties. Believe me, those civil servants will not let us have an easy time."

"You must be a sharp knife to pierce the Jiangnan aristocratic families thoroughly. I must be your backing and withstand the pressure of the civil officials in the court."

"Only in this way can the new law be promoted and silver can be made at the same time."

"Without silver, what should the Firearms Bureau do? What about the falconets and muzzle-gun flintlocks? What about battleships and cruisers?"

"This requires at least 40 million taels of silver!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.

It turns out that the things I thought of were also thought of by the senior sister!

She... How could she think exactly the same as I do!

After defeating Mongolia and stopping the war in the north, we can clean up the clans in the south of the Yangtze River, remove the obstacles to the promotion of the new law, and make enough money.

So the new law and weapons were started at the same time, and after a few years, the world could be pacified.

It turned out that the eldest sister not only had similar ideals to me, but also had similar methods.