All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 223: Drinking and Misbehavior Li Qingzhao

Jeju City, the prefect's office.

Zhao Mingcheng, with a puzzled look on his face, received the visiting Chen Ran and Hu Yanzhuo.

"Zihou, General Huyan." After the greetings, sitting down, and drinking tea, Zhao Mingcheng asked in confusion, "What do you two want to see me for?"

Hu Yanzhuo was a little surprised. "Zhou Zhi, we are coming back from defeating the bandits in Liangshan."

"Oh, oh." Zhao Mingcheng just remembered that there was indeed such a thing. He laughed and said, "I have been very busy with official duties recently. I am too busy."

"Busy? Busy as hell, you're busy fiddling with the gold and stone you collected."

Chen Ran had bribed spies in this yamen long ago, so he naturally knew what Zhao Mingcheng was doing.

"The prefect." Chen Ran brought up the topic, "We defeated the invaders and returned victorious. This is all thanks to the prefect's good planning and proper dispatch."

"Ah?" Zhao Mingcheng still looked confused.

This is not intended to belittle him; in fact, that was how the literati in the Song Dynasty behaved.

When serving as an official in a locality, one is either busy making money or busy traveling, writing poems and painting.

If you ask them to handle government affairs, they will wave their sleeves in displeasure and say, "We scholars are pursuing the great path of saints, how can we be so mean as to be petty and vulgar as to be petty and vulgar? Don't humiliate me!"

It cannot be said that all turbans are like this, only that most turbans are like this.

After all, they share the world with the government.

The same is true for Zhao Mingcheng.

After taking office as the prefect, he was either busy making money and making up for what he had lost over the years, or busy studying his hobby of bronze and stone carving.

He only occasionally glanced at the official documents sent by the court.

He had heard about the campaign to suppress the Liangshan bandits, and had also dispatched the governor of his province to lead the troops to fight.

But since then, I haven't paid any attention to it.

The military commander of Jeju did not dare to look for him after returning from the defeat, so naturally he did not know about the change in the situation.

At this time, Li Qingzhao in the back hall couldn't bear it anymore, so she simply got up and went to the front hall.

At this time, Zhu Xi, who was fond of adultery, had not yet been born, and Confucianism's suppression of women had not yet reached its peak. It was not a big deal for Li Qingzhao to take the initiative to meet the guests.

"Zihou, the commander-in-chief."

After the greetings, Li Qingzhao said with a smile, "You two have done a great job in eliminating the bandits. The court will certainly reward you generously."

After saying this, he told the servants to prepare the banquet.

Taking the opportunity of changing clothes, Zhao Mingcheng asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you so nosy?"

Li Qingzhao's face darkened. "Have you become stupid from playing with gold and stone? Or have you forgotten everything after living in seclusion for more than ten years?"

Zhao Mingcheng also looked unhappy. "What do you want to say?"

"Didn't you read the court's official documents? The Liangshan bandits broke through Gaotang Prefecture and massacred the city and killed Gao Zhizhou."

"And then?" Zhao Mingcheng frowned. "What does it have to do with me?"

"Oh~~~"

Li Qingzhao sighed. If her husband didn't have a good father, with his abilities, he wouldn't even be able to be a minor official.

"This incident shocked the whole world, and the emperor personally issued an order to suppress the bandits." Li Qingzhao had no choice but to explain in detail, "This is a major event that has caught the emperor's attention, and the emperor has been paying attention to it."

"Zihou and Hu Yanzhuo said that they have already pacified the Liangshan bandits." Zhao Mingcheng said indifferently, "It has been done."

"you"

Li Qingzhao wanted to throw water at him, he was as stupid as a pig!
"They said you were good at planning and dispatching!" Li Qingzhao was also anxious, and raised her voice, "They came to find you to share the credit with you!"

Normally, ordinary girls naturally don’t understand these things.

But Li Qingzhao did not come from an ordinary family. Her father Li Gefei was a disciple of Su Shi and was known as one of the four scholars after Su Shi.

Her mother's family is even more powerful, as she is the daughter of the prime minister.

Coming from such a family, even if one is not interested in this, one naturally knows everything one should know because of what one has heard and seen since childhood.

Zhao Mingcheng finally came to his senses and looked enlightened.

"I see!"

He immediately burst into laughter. "In this way, can we return to Tokyo City?!"

In this world, there is only one most luxurious, largest, most prosperous and most desirable city in the world, and that is Kaifeng Prefecture.

This is the most extreme city in the world, and everything outside this city is countryside.

The officials of the Song Dynasty who were sent to remote areas longed to return to the capital.

Seeing Zhao Mingcheng laughing foolishly, Li Qingzhao could not help but remind him, "At the banquet later, you must discuss it carefully with Zihou and others, and agree to everything you can agree to."

Zhao Mingcheng was puzzled. "What did you promise?"

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"Let me ask you." Li Qingzhao gritted her teeth, "Are Zihou and Huyan Dutong your relatives?"

"How is that possible?" Zhao Mingcheng shook his head repeatedly. "One is a nobody, and the other is a crude warrior. How could they be relatives of my Zhao family?"

"Since they are not your relatives, why should they share this benefit with you? They must have something to ask you to do. If you don't agree, will they still worry that they won't be able to share the credit?"

"I understand." Zhao Mingcheng nodded repeatedly, "I will know the answer to this matter."

The banquet started and the process continued.

Although Hu Yanzhuo was a military man, he came from a family of generals in Bianliang City, so he naturally understood everything he should understand.

Not to mention Chen Ran, he has served as both the Grand Commander and the Regent, and he knows all the procedures clearly.

Therefore, no jokes occurred at the banquet.

After the process is completed, both parties will begin to discuss the distribution of credit.

The Song Dynasty was a typical "civil servants controlling the military". Without civil officials at the top, any credit reported would most likely be swallowed up by others. So Zhao Mingcheng successfully got the credit for commanding the army.

The requirement for him was to protect Chen Ran and Hu Yanzhuo so that their achievements would not be divided up by others, and to provide mutual support and assistance to each other.

It is impossible that Chen Ran did all this in order to become an official in the Song Dynasty, as he is not Song Heizi.

The only purpose was to set up an ambush in advance and lay the groundwork for the subsequent surprise attack on Tokyo City.

Taking over the richest city in the world, which houses most of the Song Dynasty’s wealth, will undoubtedly increase their strength.

After the discussion was over, everyone was happy and naturally the next thing to do was to drink and have fun.

Now that they have formed a close alliance, there is no need to put on airs anymore and they can just eat, laugh and play to their heart's content and have a great time.

The drinking went on until late at night and Zhao Mingcheng was the first to be unable to bear it anymore. He was drunk and was helped by his servants to rest.

Next came Hu Yanzhuo, who had put his worries to rest. He used the excuse that he was too drunk to go to the guest room to sleep.

When only Chen Ran and Li Qingzhao were left, Chen Ran pretended to say, "The hermit is drunk, so why not just go away?"

Li Qingzhao was a drunkard. When she was drunk, she was in high spirits and would never admit that she was drunk.

He immediately pulled Chen Ran aside and told him that this was just the beginning and he wanted to play finger-guessing games with him while drinking.

Chen Ran naturally agreed. The game of finger-guessing was about half and half, and they kept drinking, one cup after another.

His health value has long exceeded the range of normal people. His metabolic rate is extremely fast, and he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.

Although Li Qingzhao had a good alcohol tolerance, her physical condition was not good enough, so she lost in the end without any suspense.

It was already the middle of the night, and the servants and maids who were originally serving had long been sent away by Li Qingzhao to rest.

Seeing that she was dying, Chen Ran said, "I'll take you to rest."

When she was sent to the inner room, unexpectedly, the maid who was supposed to be there was nowhere to be found.

He didn't think much about it, helped Li Qingzhao inside, and settled her on the bed.

When I was about to leave, my wrist was grabbed.

Li Qingzhao hummed in a daze, "Hot~~~"

The next morning, Chen Ran, who had not slept the whole night, came to the guest room, but saw a maid sleeping soundly in the room.

Now he understood that Zhao Mingcheng had made arrangements to warm the bed for him and Hu Yanzhuo.

"I'm really a little embarrassed."

Touching his nose, Chen Ran tiptoed onto the bed, took off his clothes and lay down, pretending that he had slept in the room all night.

At this time, he was very excited and couldn't sleep at all.

With eyes closed, he began to plan his next move.

"Escort Song Jiang and others to Dongjing City to investigate the local defense map and military strength in detail."

"Leave enough people behind to act as internal support and push Hu Yanzhuo to a key position."

"Through Hu Yanzhuo's relationship with Zhao Mingcheng and Ma Zhi, we can arrange for people to join the Imperial Guards, preferably to guard the city gates."

"To organize the wealth of the royal family, officials, generals, and wealthy people."

"Identify key locations and transportation routes, and it would be best to prepare a navy to blockade the canal."

"Find out the current situation of the Imperial Guards carefully to see if there is any possibility of rebellion."

"Arrange the marching route and how to bring the army to the city of Tokyo without alerting the locals."

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It was a huge project to capture Tokyo by surprise, as it was a megacity with a population of two million and hundreds of thousands of defenders.

More importantly, once Tokyo City is captured, it must be kept under tight control. Otherwise, troops from all over the country will flock in to support the emperor, which will cause trouble.

"The Song Dynasty is really interesting."

"The strong trunk is weak, the strong trunk is weak. As long as we capture this city, at least half of the entire Song Dynasty will be destroyed."

"Rather than letting the Jin people take away all the food, treasures, armor and military supplies in the city, I'd better give them to me to expand the army."

"Zhao Ji has so many daughters. It would be better if they were abused and buried with the Jin people."

"According to the time, it's almost time for Fang La to take action."

"When the elite troops of the Western Army go to fight Fang La and are trapped in the Jiangnan area, it will be the best time to launch a surprise attack on Tokyo City!"

When the sun was high in the sky, Chen Ran and Hu Yanzhuo set out to say goodbye to Zhao Mingcheng.

"My wife is not feeling well, so she won't come to see you off." Zhao Mingcheng was in good spirits and saw the two off with a smile on his face.

Before getting on the horse, Chen Ran took out a box and handed it to Zhao Mingcheng, "This is a little gadget I asked someone to get from Tokyo City. I gave it to you as a pastor for entertainment."

"Okay." Zhao Mingcheng agreed and took the box. "I will definitely give it to her."

Back in the backyard, Zhao Mingcheng came to Li Qingzhao's door and greeted her, "It's already so late, why haven't you gotten up yet?"

Li Qingzhao's slightly hoarse voice came from inside the room, "Nothing's wrong, I just drank too much and have a headache."

Pushing the door open, Zhao Mingcheng complained, "I told you not to drink so much, but you didn't listen."

"Yes." Li Qingzhao, with a complicated expression, half leaned against the bed and murmured, "I shouldn't have drunk so much."

"This is a gift from Zihou to you." After placing the wooden box on the bed, Zhao Mingcheng turned around and left, busy continuing his study of epigraphy.

After waiting for a long time, Li Qingzhao finally opened the wooden box.

Inside was a deck of Xuanhe tiles, which had only recently become popular in Tokyo, and was the original Mahjong.

If it were in the past, Li Qingzhao would have been extremely happy.

But now
She reached out and overturned the wooden box, and the mahjong tiles fell to the ground.

"You are such a bastard who takes advantage of others' misfortune~~~"

(End of this chapter)