In the afternoon of the second day after returning to Kaifeng Mansion, Wu Hao Gucai and Gao Yu met Zhao Ji, the holy monarch who had been the Son of Heaven for almost a year, in the Chongzheng Palace.

The weather outside is very cold, it is snowing, although there is a stove inside the Chongzheng Palace, but after all, this hall is in disrepair, there is wind leakage everywhere, and you can't feel warm at all when you stay inside, and you can even feel some cold and damp, which is very uncomfortable.

It's no wonder that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are relatively short-lived, and this gloomy palace is really not very livable......

Thinking in his heart that he wanted to do the business of Qionglin Palace as soon as possible, Wu Haogu handed a few pencil sketches to Yang Jian, the big mink beside Zhao Ji.

"Your Majesty, this is the old slave and the lady Liu you said...... It's really like a real person. ”

"Hehe," Zhao Ji listened to Yang Jian's words and smiled faintly, "You don't want to see who painted it?" ”

"yes, the first person in the painting!"

"Well, it tastes like it." Zhao Ji praised again at this time, but it was not a painting of martial arts and ancient times, but a little beauty in the painting.

The beauty's surname is Liu, and the small character is Yanniang. As the name suggests, the person is as delicate as a flower, not only the facial features are almost perfect, the skin is also white and delicate, like clotted fat, and the body is too good to say, at a young age, the chest is bulging, and the height is also tall. Among the women Wu Haogu knew, the only ones who could compare their figures with this Liu Yanniang were Yan Po'er and her daughter Yan Xijiao.

He is now the No. 1 prostitute in Kaifeng Mansion!

However, this Liu Yanniang has more of the purity of a good family woman than Yan Xijiao, in the gorgeous, with freshness, and the temperament of the small jasper of the Kaifeng market, a pair of talking eyes are all about the expectation and attachment of Ruyi Langjun......

This taste is completely different from the arrogance of the Yan family's mother and daughter.

"Very good," Zhao Ji smiled and nodded, "Let's call into the palace to seal a talented person." ”

"Whoa." Yang Jian responded with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu took out another gift slip at this time, handed it to Yang Jian and handed it over, "The minister heard that the Queen Mother was like this in Haizhou, so he found some Korean ginseng, Liaodong sea cucumbers, monkey head (lion's mane mushroom) from Changbai Mountain, bear paws, and snow clam oil, and brought them to the Queen Mother and her old man." ”

In fact, when Wu Haogu was in Haizhou, he didn't know that Old Lady Xiang couldn't afford to be sick, he only heard about it yesterday. However, the response was still very timely, and immediately asked people to select some high-quality medicinal materials and supplements sent by Haizhou and Jiehe to the palace.

"It's rare for Dalang to be so hearted." Zhao Ji's face also became solemn. Although he is frivolous, he is still very filial to his stepmother to the old lady.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's illness is probably due to the fact that the imperial city is old and damp and not suitable for the elderly to live in." Gao Yu interjected and said, "Offering supplements can only cure the symptoms, and if you want the Queen Mother to live a long life, you have to build a livable garden for the Queen Mother." ”

The eldest filial son, Zhao Ji, nodded again, "This matter must be hurried...... What do you say, Dalang? ”

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu said, "please leave this matter to the Gao Gong Division, and the lower officials will fully cooperate to ensure that the Qionglin Palace can be built without much cost." ”

It is not a skill to be able to build a garden, but it is a real skill to build a garden without spending money!

Zhao Ji was finally satisfied, he thought about it and said: "In fact, the sealing pile warehouse in the palace has quite a lot of savings, but it is inconvenient to use it." ”

It is not Cai Jing's traitor who is in power now, whether it is Han Zhongyan or Zeng Bu, they are completely consistent in stopping the emperor from spending money indiscriminately.

"The minister has a way to raise money," Wu Hao Gu said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty." It's just that the minister and the high palace division don't know how to build, and if they want to build the Qionglin Palace as soon as possible, they need to ask Li Jiangzuo to go out of the mountain. ”

Li Jiangzuo is Li Jie, the author of "Building the French Style", and the great architect.

Of course, Zhao Ji knew Li Jie's ability, and immediately agreed: "When the construction of Qionglin Palace begins, let him win his love." ”

"In addition, the minister also suggested the establishment of a garden department, which will be fully responsible for the construction of the Qionglin Palace and its surrounding areas."

"It's okay to ......," Zhao Ji paused, "I can let Gao Dalang be the secretary of the garden." ”

He had long known Wu Haogu's plan for Qionglin Palace - what Wu Haogu wanted to build for Zhao Ji was not a lonely palace, but a "new city". He is very keen on "building a city", one in Jiehe Commercial City, one in Tianya Town, Yuntai School Palace is actually a school city, and he also wants to build a Qionglin New City in Kaifeng Mansion.

Of course, Qionglin New City will not be as big as Kaifeng Fucheng, and six or seven square kilometers are enough.

The core of this, of course, is the Qionglin Palace; The second is Biyongxiang, which is a school area including Guozi School, Taixue, Martial Arts, Primary School, Hanlin School (teaching calligraphy, painting, medicine, astronomy), and Kaifeng Fuxue; The second is the embassy area, which was originally located in the city of Kaifeng, and all of them have to move to Qionglin New Town; The fourth is the residential and commercial area, and there will also be two government offices and a large number of schools and military camps in the Qionglin Palace, so it is necessary to set aside the land for building various consumption places such as residential houses, official residences, shops and restaurants - those are all school district houses that can be sold for a large price!

In addition, Wu Haogu also planned to build a barracks, horse farm, and training ground for the "warriors in front of the palace" in the west of Qionglin New City (also used by martial arts students).

In Wu Haogu's vision, the "warriors in front of the palace" were not permanent residents of Kaifeng Prefecture, and their households owned nearly one square kilometer of land in the north of Cangzhou, and could establish a manor, half-farming and half-pasture, and only needed to take turns to serve in Beijing.

If there are finally 1,000 warriors in front of the palace to settle in the north of Cangzhou, then the military camp outside Qionglin New City in Kaifeng Prefecture will also house 500 samurai and a maximum of 1,500 retinues and some accompanying family members all year round. There are also about 1,000 war horses and 1,500 pack horses and walking horses, which will also be kept in the horse farm in the camp.

With these "warriors in front of the palace", if there is anything in the future, they are beaten outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion by the Jurchens, and Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, the father and son, will always have the possibility of breaking through and escaping or holding on to Qionglin City......

Of course, the warriors in front of the palace pushed by Wu Hao Gu Li were not completely for the sake of the Holy Monarch Zhao Ji. Because the palace warriors who served in the fan were only part of the cluster of palace warriors, the remaining 500 palace warriors and their children were all staying in the Cangzhou manor. Wu Hao Gukai's Six Arts Academy and Yuntai Xuegong Branch in Jiehe Shang City were easy to absorb them into the school, and some of them were trained to become members of the armed doctoral group.

Actually, those samurai families in front of the temple were used to "produce" samurai (knights)!

"It's just a matter of this garden department," Zhao Ji frowned at this time, "Who should bring it up?" ”

Zhao Ji is still a holy monarch, and there is no Cai Xianggong of "Fengheng Yuda" in the court, so it is not very convenient for him to build a palace for himself, and he can't propose it himself.

Wu Haogu said: "Your Majesty, the minister can go and arrange it, and the custody will not damage Your Majesty's reputation." ”

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

……

"Da Lang, what do you think of the things in the north now?"

The business has been said, and the Holy Monarch Zhao Ji asked about the relationship with the Liao State and the Goryeo State again.

The relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State and Goryeo was not the turn of Wu Haogu, but in the past two years, he has been involved in the espionage activities of the Liao State, and he has a very good understanding of the situation in the Liao State.

"Your Majesty," said Wu Haogu, "do you think that the Great Song Dynasty can now provoke the Liao State?" ”

"I can't."

"Then if one day in the future, there will be a big turmoil in Liao, and the Divination, Jurchen, and Bohai will all be opposed, should I take the opportunity to restore Yanyun?"

"It's as it should be."

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then the best policy is to form a brotherly alliance when you can't provoke, and plot against Yanyun when the Liao Kingdom is in turmoil." ”

This one...... It seems a little unrighteous!

"Da Lang," Zhao Ji frowned deeply, "Do you mean to get married first, and blatantly betray the alliance when the Liao State is in trouble?" ”

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu said again, "It doesn't have to be a betrayal of the alliance, if the Khitan can possess the land of grasslands and forests and seas, suppress the barbarians of the Hindu and Jurchen, and our dynasty will have its own long-term peace and stability, and 500,000 yuan a year is also worth it." If the Khitan cannot possess the grasslands and forests, then our dynasty and the Khitan should jointly defend the Yanshan defense line to block the northern barbarians from moving south. At that time, our dynasty can let the rest of the Khitan be vassals in exchange for aid, so that we can raise the Khitan to resist the Hulu. ”

"What if the Khitan refuses?" Zhao Ji asked again.

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Why doesn't Your Majesty take Yelu Yanxi as a brother?" When the catastrophe was approaching, how could Yelu Yanxi refuse his brother's help? If the Khitan was unable to calm the catastrophe and retreated to the land of Yanshan, how could they refuse to adjust the relationship between the two sides? ”

Wu Haogu's route of recovering Yan actually regarded the Khitan as an ally rather than an enemy, and at the same time determined that the Khitan could not be revived. If the Song Dynasty gave financial and military assistance to the Khitans and let them fight a war of attrition with the Jurchens and the diviners, no matter how long they could support it, it would eventually consume the vitality of the Jurchens and the divination. At the same time, the vitality of the Khitan people will also be exhausted in the war, and it will be natural to rely on the brotherly state of the Great Song Dynasty at that time......

"What about Goryeo?" Zhao Ji asked again, "Goryeo is preparing to start a war with the Jurchens, who should we help?" ”

Wu Haogu said: "Since Your Majesty wants to be brothers with the Khitan, why don't you ask the opinion of the Khitan envoy?" On the issue of the battle between Goryeo and Jurchen, the Great Song and Khitan were not opponents, because it was the Goryeo and Jurchens who were going to fight! ”

"Da Lang, do you mean that we and the Khitans are both fishermen, and let the Goryeo Kingdom and the Jurchens fight to the death?"

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Let them fight, let's see who is the really strong barbarian by the way, so we know it."

In addition, thousands of miles southeast of Haeju is the small island kingdom of Tamna, which is a vassal of Goryeo. If both Goryeo and Jurchen are defeated, they may be able to claim to be a vassal to our Great Song Nagong. The Tamna Kingdom is only 500 miles away from Japan, and if it belongs to our dynasty, then the day of Japan's submission will not be far away. ”