In a few days is the Mid-Autumn Festival, although the waves are beautiful, but after so many days, the two princesses are also a little annoyed, it is rare that the clouds and rain live in these two days, so they want to go out of the city to walk. But if he went out with great fanfare, not only did he make the people uneasy, but also caused a lot of trouble out of thin air, Zhao Ta decided to follow the car lightly, and only arranged two sedan chairs for the princess and the palace maid to ride, and he rode a horse to accompany him.

The emperor wanted to travel in micro-clothes, and he was busy enough, he knew that the temper of the Taoist official could not be stopped, and the team of guards must have made him unhappy, so he could only discuss with Zhao Zhong to send six skilled internal guards to protect him, and arranged a large number of people to change their clothes and mix in the crowd to protect, and at the same time notified Liu Zi'an to let him arrange soldiers at key points, and once there was a change, he could quickly transfer troops to reinforce and relieve the siege.

After some preparations, Zhao Ta went out of the house from the corner gate under the arrangement of Jianxi, got on a sparsely populated sidewalk, and went around in a circle before getting on the main road, he found the figures of the guards in the commanding heights and crowds around him with a little glance, and the face of Jianxi, who was riding on the side, was tight, and his eyes kept scanning the four directions, like a toy dog with a wound up, once he found that something was wrong, he would pounce on it.

Zhao Ta felt a little amused at the performance of the guards as if they were facing the enemy, this era is not more developed than modern information, everyone is familiar with the appearance of the country's head of state, although they have never seen a real person, but they are also familiar with various media every day. There are not many people who have seen the true face of the emperor in ancient times, and even the portraits are not seen by anyone, not to mention that what they see are all carefully photoshopped by the painters, either heroic and extraordinary, or elegant like the legendary saints. Among them, it can be a little like only he knows the way, so there is no need to worry about being recognized and causing onlookers.

And to welcome their own arrival. Suzhou City has been severely cracked down on several times, and social order is good. Besides, although he became an emperor. But the old foundation is still there. And the two princesses in the car are not vegetarians, they are all good at kung fu, they have seen blood, and they have killed people, and if they want to kill his two 'tigresses', they have to fight with them, even if they are close to him, it is not easy.

Zhao Ta is now the emperor, but he is used to observing the surrounding environment from a military point of view, and he looks around to see where to set up ambushes, where to arrange barricades... And so on, but this time he suddenly discovered an interesting phenomenon. The big girls and little daughters-in-law on the street seem to have collectively changed their tastes, and they no longer wear skirts with wide sleeves and large sleeves, but short shirts with narrow sleeves and waists and knee-length battle skirts, similar to military uniforms.

Zhao Ta looked at the various improved versions of the 'military costumes' and was happy, after Zhao Xin and Zhe Meiluan entered the palace, the two of them used to dance knives and guns every day, and marched on horseback, the most unaccustomed thing was not to eat and drink, but to wear clothes. The wide-sleeved long coat looks beautiful though. However, the clothes were cumbersome and the mobility was inconvenient, so the two of them used their ingenuity and changed the style according to the military uniform.

Supposedly, this is a great rebellion. But Zhao Ta, the emperor, is enlightened, and the queen also knows that the two sisters were born and grew up in the military like the emperor, so they are naturally used to those military clothes with arrow sleeves and short shirts. He also turned a blind eye and asked no more. At first, it was limited to Ouchi wearing. Not known to the outside world, but this time they toured south with the emperor. Zhao Ta always meets guests in military uniforms, and when the two of them accompany them, they wear their own military uniforms, which is known to the outside world.

'The king of Chu loves a thin waist, and starves to death in the palace', the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the royal nobles have always attracted attention, and they also lead the fashion trend in this world. The two imperial concubines came out in military uniforms, which naturally attracted attention, and everyone immediately imitated them, extended and improved, and became popular in Jiangnan for a while, becoming those ladies and daughters of official eunuchs competing to wear them, and leading this wind to the people.

Zhao Ta looked at the restaurants and teahouses on the street again, and saw that many teahouses had a big signboard in front of them, with the words "Jingshi Famous Mouth××× specially come to the store to perform', and the programs were also "The Legend of Loyal Martyrs", "Jingkang Difficulty", "Journey to the North", "Zhan Long Mountain", "Pingzhongshan"... and so on, the reaction is also the tragedy caused by the southern invasion of the Jurchens to the Central Plains and the Great Song Dynasty in the last years of Xuanhe and Jingkang, and at the same time, the major tiles and theaters in Suzhou are also staging plays that reflect this period.

"Swear to kill the gold thief!"

"Flatten Liaodong and smash Huanglong!"

"The Northern Expedition destroys Jin and welcomes back the King of Liao!"

"Go into battle in the army and kill the enemy!" … Eight out of ten people who came out of it had red eyes, their faces full of resentment, and they were scolding and scolding in their mouths, if a Jurchen appeared in front of them, I am afraid that everyone would rush up and eat him alive!

Listening to the arrogant words of the 'audience' and watching them look indignant one by one, the emperor chuckled, seeing that the emperor's treacherous plan had succeeded. As early as a few years ago, he instructed the servants and celebrities in Beijing to rehearse a batch of plays reflecting the Jurchen invasion, and then went south to perform. These people's acting skills are good in themselves, and many of them have had the experience of being abducted by the Jurchens to the north, and their performances can be described as entering the country in love, and their feelings are sincere, and they soon became popular in Jiangnan.

In fact, in this ancient period when transportation and communication technology were not developed, it was very difficult to transmit information, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River did not personally experience the barbaric and cruel nature of the Jurchens and their various bad crimes, but mostly had occasional rumors, so it was difficult to understand how much harm the Jurchens had caused to the country and the nation. But now they felt the cruelty of the war and the tyranny of the Jurchens, as well as the humiliation suffered by the entire nation from the performances of these performers.

At the beginning of the debate on peace, Zhao Tan realized that the war of words would not lead to a result, but it was not as simple and intuitive as the form of this performance, which made it easier for people to understand, and fully mobilized the people's hatred for the Jurchens, so that they could understand that blindly seeking peace would only end up losing the city and losing the land, being enslaved by it, and exterminating the race, and only by completely defeating them could the Jurchens' ambition to enter the Central Plains be eliminated in exchange for the current stable life.

Throughout the history of Chinese cities, there have been rich cities in all dynasties, and there is no lack of cultural prosperity, Suzhou has always had a cultural tradition of advocating religion and literature, Suzhou is known as a paradise on earth, wealth is its foundation, culture is its character, harmony is its essence.

People like to live a peaceful life and are tired of war, and now the Jurchens have finally been defeated, and everyone hopes to be disarmed and returned to the field, but the emperor seems to have not fought enough, and if he frequently makes war speeches, he will only be regarded by the scholars and the people as a king of military force, so as to deal with it negatively. However, the Great Song Dynasty paid more taxes than Jiangnan, and the northern population suffered a lot of losses in the war, and the soldiers also needed to be recruited from Jiangnan.

And now the land south of the Yangtze River is blowing all over the country with the wind of 'revenge and shame', and it is already full of excitement, and the sound of war is everywhere, and at the same time, it is gradually spreading from the people to Shilin and officialdom. Talking about military and military affairs has gradually become a 'fashionable' topic, from the school to the wine table, people are talking about the Northern Expedition everywhere, and various versions of "Ping Jince" are also on Zhao Ta's desk, including many officials and Confucians who talked about peace in the past. Now that the voice of the Lord and the Lord was drowned in the voice of the war, the upper and lower voices were finally unified, and Zhao Ta completed the preparation of public opinion...

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the climate turned cooler, and the holy car continued to travel south to Hangzhou, and at this time Zhao Ta was even more nervous, and now the war mobilization has been carried out step by step. He successively met with the officials of the state capitals and the garrison generals of the Liangzhejiang Road and Jiangnan Road, and informed them of the peace talks with the Jurchens, and now the Jurchens have a tough attitude and still demand the restoration of the 'peace agreement' reached during the Jingkang period, not only to pay tribute and be vassals, but also to cede the three towns.

Zhao Ta made his attitude clear at this moment, Nagong said that he would not agree, ceding the land was even more of a dream, and once the peace talks broke down, he would prepare for war, recover the states behind Youzhou Mountain by force, and force the Jurchens to return to the King of Liao. At the same time, he warned the officials that if the war is going on, the whole country will enter a period of military control, and that whoever makes trouble in the rear, shakes the morale of the army, or acts of treason, those who passively respond to the edict will be severely punished and will never be soft-hearted.

Zhao then ordered the transshipment divisions to escort the autumn tax into Beijing before October, and the warehouses transferred the grain into Hebei; At the same time, it carried out strict monitoring of the localities, strengthened the management of public security, severely punished those who committed adultery and robbed while taking advantage of the fire, and never allowed backyards to catch fire.

Hangzhou's richness is basically the foundation of Kaifeng's wealth, here in Mingzhou after the further opening, it is a gathering of big businessmen, these people in the business world to call for wind and rain, can affect a country's economy, Zhao Ta of course can not be underestimated, and then he took time to meet with the big business gentry in Hangzhou, and improvised a speech for the rich country and strong soldiers.

Zhao Ta's talk about the recent Jurchen southern invasion from the founding of the People's Republic of China shows that all dynasties have never jumped out of the strange circle of history, and an important reason is that time has worn out the sense of distress of the country and soldiers. He told everyone that the national fortunes of the Song Dynasty showed that our national wealth is the material basis for a strong army, but national wealth is not necessarily a strong army. With only a strong economic foundation and no ability to transform economic strength into national defense strength, it can only be controlled by others, and has no dignity or status to speak of.

Although the wealth of the Song Dynasty was high, it was almost unrelated to the strength of national defense, and the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty was basically exchanged for the export of silk, tea and other things, which could not be transformed into strong national defense strength, and it was impossible for the army to use these things to fight. Only on the premise of adhering to peaceful development, earnestly enhancing the sense of danger, actively cultivating the martial spirit, and building a strong army can we protect the wealth in our hands and create more wealth!

The emperor's words resonated among the people, and now after the opening of the port, the navy took the lead, opened a new shipping route for them, and cleared the pirates along the route, so that their fleets could travel safely, so they expressed their willingness to contribute to the future war... (To be continued......)