After passing by Pingjiang, Zhao Bing received a report from the Bureau of Affairs that the Mongol Khan Tiemur waited for them to return to Beijing before he dared to return to Dadu. This made him feel very funny and puzzled. How could the dignified Mongolian Khan be so "cautious"? Was he deliberately showing weakness or was he really afraid of being blocked in the pass?

If Tiemur was really afraid, it would be difficult for him to trap him in the Central Plains. Then he might take the old path of the Ming Dynasty and have to go to the desert several times to eliminate the Northern Yuan Dynasty. However, staying in Dadu was not necessarily beneficial to the Northern Expedition. At that time, the royal army gathered in the capital and collected the city. It would inevitably be a protracted war, which might drag the Song Dynasty into the quagmire.

However, Zhao Bing also knew that there were always pros and cons of things. There was no perfect solution. He could only make plans based on the situation and could not stubbornly pursue perfection, thereby affecting the overall situation. On financial issues, he felt that the same was true. He should be fully prepared but leave room for room for advance and retreat.

After a secret discussion with Lu Xiufu and others, the plan was discussed and changed. In the end, Zhao Bing promised the inner government to use 50 million dan of reserves to spend the Northern Expedition, but it still needs to be carefully considered how to use this money. He understood that if a large amount of money suddenly poured into the market, it would cause too much money and less goods, and in the old land in Jiangnan, it would trigger soaring prices, which would lead to depreciation of paper money and shake the foundation of the economy.

So Zhao Bing did not prepare to give it to the court at once, but put it in the General Office, and he and the court controlled the rhythm of spending money, invested the hot money in batches, diverted traffic to the north, and then took the opportunity to eliminate the Mongolian Yuan currency, stabilize prices, and cut off the Mongolian Yuan's re-plunder of the people of the Central Plains from the economic perspective.

However, Lu Xiufu represented the court, so he naturally tended to take the money into his own hands, so there was another dispute. But in the general direction, everyone was consistent, and after difficult bargaining, the two sides compromised, and then reached a consensus. But when they pressed the gourd, there were differences in other aspects, so Zhao Bing was really not lonely along the way, and he arrived in the capital during the argument.

It was already mid-November when we arrived in Lin'an. After a little rest, it was about to reach the busiest time of Zhao Bing. He was busy worshiping the gods from all directions, worshiping the heaven and earth, and Taimiao, and he could not avoid another trip to Shaoxing to worship the tombs, and welcoming a new year in a hurry. But he still had no time to spare. This year, he ordered all the officials of Hegong to enter the capital, with the purpose of unifying his thoughts and expeditioning the Central Plains in the north.

Therefore, Zhao Bing frequently summoned his ministers and took every opportunity to explain his plans, listen to their ideas, and win the support of everyone. He knew very well that in this battle that was related to the destiny of the country, there should be no noise. He resolutely replaced and adjusted those officials who still opposed the Northern Expedition or were passively confronted, so that they could not destroy the Northern Expedition plan...

Winter is gone and spring is coming, and April is in full bloom again. The aroma of barbecue is scattered in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the Imperial Garden. The fire on the barbecue table is shining, and the blue smoke is faint. There are a few children drooling around, staring at the flipped skewers on it with pitiful eyes.

"The official family is too spoiled by the children. Changsheng wants to eat it and roast it for it with his own hands!" Several concubines who were enjoying the cool breeze on the other side looked interesting and Chen Shu teased.

"The imperial concubine is such a bad word. She clearly wanted to eat, but she didn't dare to say it, and instigated Dalang to say it." Queen Wu Xi said disagreed.

"Silang is only four years old, how can he be so scrupulous? The queen should not protect her shortcomings!" Chen Shu said unfairly for her son.

"Although Silang is young, she is always beautiful and like a sieve. She is borrowing Silang's mouth!" Wang Yu said with a smile.

"Wrong, Changping is Xiao's father, who made several brothers and sisters dizzy and obeyed him in everything!" Zhang Ping said seriously.

"Well, these children are only like official families, who are concise in their work, smart and wise, and they do have the style of an official family when they were young!" Su Lan agreed very much.

"Dalang is not bad either. Even though he is young, he knows how to take care of his younger brothers and sisters!" Li Erniang pointed at the eldest son of the emperor. Everyone looked at him and saw that he had blown the grilled meat skewers and took them one by one from the stick to prevent the young brothers from being stabbed. Then they took them to eat.

"Dalang is the most honest and never competes with his younger brothers and sisters for things. He always uses them first. It is the Queen who teaches her well!" Chen Shu pulled Wu Xi's sleeve and chuckled.

"I dare not take credit for this matter. It is all due to the official family. This child is the most close to the official family and is alienated from me, the one who is a mother." Wu Xi sighed.

"It's all the same. When Sanlang wakes up every day, he asks his father if he has attended court and whether he is in the palace!" Zhang Ping also said with a grievance.

"The same is true for Goro, I don't know why?" Wang Yu also said curiously.

"What a silly sister. They want to play with the officials. Of course, they must first know if his father is at home!" Chen Shu said in a word.

"That's strange. The officials punished and beat them, but they were still close to him. We mothers, holding them every day, but thinking that our fathers who haven't shown up for several days are really a bunch of little consciences." Li Erniang said indignantly.

"Hey, you have seen a few people who are like the official family who make toys for them, repair them... and repair them... and lead them to fish and birds, and water the garden and grow vegetables, but they don't have to read and read. Of course the children like him!" Chen Shu pointed to a vegetable field opened in the yard, and pointed to the open tunnel where slides, swings, carousels and other toys were placed there.

"Yes, when I was young, my father asked me how many words I wrote and how many pages I read. He always had a stern face and rarely smiled, let alone played with us." Wu Xi sighed.

"There are the same at home. We hired teachers at home, teach us to play the piano and dance, and when we grow older, we have to read and learn calligraphy. When my father saw him, he also asked for homework and scolded him at every turn. I really wish I hadn't seen him for a year, so I didn't want to get close to him!" Wang Yu said.

Everyone was silent when they heard this. When they recalled their childhood, they did not dare to speak loudly in front of their father. It seemed that there was little warm and harmonious scene with him, and more fear. Seeing the officials and children laughing and quarreling with each other, they couldn't help but envy them.

"My mother, dear queen, the chicken wings that the father had just roasted, please taste!" At this time, Zhao Jing presented it to everyone with a tray.

"You are all hungry, let's share it with your younger brothers and sisters first!" Wu Xi shook her head and said to her son.

"It's so delicious, thank you Dalang!" Chen Shu reached out to take one, took a bite, and asked again, "Did Dalang eat it?"

"Imperial Concubine, my father and I have no food. My younger brothers and sisters are full, I will eat it again!" Zhao Jing replied with a smile when he saw him praise.

"Aren't you hungry?" Chen Shu asked again.

"The father said he was the pillar of the family. He wanted to respect the elderly, raise the younger ones, and take good care of his wives, so he had to eat at the end. And I am the eldest son. Although I am still young, I can share some of the burden for my father. It's okay to wait for a while." Zhao Jing looked at the roasted golden chicken wings and swallowed.

"Dalang, you are so sensible!" Li Erniang also picked up a bite, and then whispered to Zhang Ping beside her, "The official said that the things given by the child must be taken, otherwise he would think that he had done something wrong and would not eat it if he made the adults angry, or he would think that the adults would not like it, and he would not give it to you in the future!"

"Okay, I've been greedy for a long time, thank you Dalang!" Zhang Ping also took one and touched his head and thanked him.

"Dalang, I see that the official family punished you again yesterday. Don't you blame him?" Wang Yu also took one and asked with a hint.

"It was because I did something wrong that my father would punish him. Why blame him?" Zhao Jing asked back.

"Oh, Dalang is so sensible. What did you do wrong will make the officials angry?" Wang Yu asked in surprise.

"Because I accidentally pointed the arrow at Erlang yesterday. My father said that the arrow could only aim at the enemy, not at the brothers. In order to make me remember, I was punished." Zhao Jing said embarrassedly.

"Why was Erlang beaten twice by the official that day?" Li Erniang asked again.

"Because Erlang didn't listen to his father's words and secretly went to the lake to play, he was punished. Since then, he never dared to go to the lake alone again. Some days ago, Silang and his wife were beaten by their father when they went to the well to play. Today they were punished to eat less chicken wings." Zhao Jing said again.

"Does the officials punish you all want to explain the reason?" Wu Xi frowned and asked.

"Of course, the father said that rewards and punishments should be made clear. Punishment is not the purpose, but to remember that some things cannot be done!" Zhao Jing said authentically.

"Then why don't you see the official family fighting Changping and Huai'an?" Chen Shu asked again.

"The father said that girls are for pain and should be tolerant to them, so the father will not beat them, but he will also punish them with punishment!" Zhao Jing said seriously.

"Okay, we have all eaten, Changping is calling you!" Li Erniang handed the remaining one to Wu Xi and reminded him again.

Seeing Zhao Jing leave, Chen Shucai laughed and said, "The official family is really interesting. It's not like a father, but it's still a child's character. He dares to say anything to the children."

"The imperial concubine is such a bad word. The official family has been alienated from her brothers since she was a child. Since then, she has been holding up the crisis alone and has not even spoken in the palace. In fact, she has always been very lonely. Now that she has these children, he naturally wants to make up for the shortcomings in the past!" Su Lan shook her head and said.
Chapter completed!