71. General Wenwu
The villagers who moved to Jeju Province slowly arrived in Jeju from all over the country, and with the supervision of King Pyeong, the local officials did not dare to cause trouble, and these people were quickly resettled. As soon as they arrived, they were given houses and fields, and they were given some seeds and food. These people lived in peace. Although the days are difficult, there is also hope. Since then, they have a new home and a new life.
At the same time, Geng Qiu and Yu Mingyi donated all the last batch of grain in their family. In recent years, the two can be regarded as large grain producers in Beixian County. The two of them each have about 300 acres of land, and the output has basically not been sold, and they have always kept it, that is, they know that the food supplied by the imperial court to the army in the north is definitely not enough.
As a result, a little accumulation in the past few years has basically disappeared. Although he got the seal of the imperial court, this kind of false name didn't mean much to Geng Qiu. His biggest wish now is to finish the battle as soon as possible and let Ah Hao and them return home as soon as possible. He worries every day, for fear that the sword and gun will hurt them without eyes. He hasn't slept well in the past few years, so he's afraid that something will happen to Ah Hao. Such days are really grinding.
Sometimes, Ah Niu will ask, "Father, when will my father come back?" ”
Looking at the child's longing gaze, Geng Qiu could only reply: "It's soon, it's fast." ”
Ah Niu's kung fu has not been left behind, in addition to reading, he has also been practicing martial arts according to Ah Hao's requirements. Looking at this child raised by himself, with a face similar to Ah Hao, Geng Qiu sometimes wants to cry secretly, missing is a kind of ordeal, not to mention worrying about Ah Hao's safety. This kind of day makes him dare not think deeply. Now his biggest hobby is to ask around about the war in the north, always wanting to get news of Ah Hao's safety from other people's mouths. Yu Mingyi also understands his intentions very well, and Master Zhou often gets news from the official to sue him.
Due to the vigorous governance of the imperial court, although the north has been fighting, it has not affected the lives of the people in other places too much. And it also made some caravans more active. Because of the frequent transportation of grain, grass, soldiers, and villagers, to the north to Jeju Province, these routes for transporting grain and people have gradually become prosperous. The products from all over the world are slowly gathering in Jeju Province. Jeju Province, which had been deserted, gradually regained its popularity and became prosperous.
For Geng Qiu, the biggest advantage is that it is more convenient to write letters, because there are more caravans, and the transportation of letters is more frequent. In addition to sending letters home, the soldiers would also send some money home, after all, they had money to fight, and even occasionally some booty, and slowly, the people actually opened a special caravan to transport these letters and goods. After receiving these things, the family members will always try their best to send something to the soldiers, such as clothing, food, etc. In this way, the business of the caravan was actually very good, and it slowly formed a scale.
Geng Qiu and Ah Hao had more correspondence, but after all, it was a war, and Ah Hao's letters were very brief, basically to report safety, but every time he received a letter, Geng Qiu's mood was very good. He would read the letters over and over again, and every night when he couldn't sleep, he would take them back and read them slowly.
This is a war for the whole people, and the soldiers led by King Ping have won a little victory from time to time, step by step, little by little, slowly driving away the northern barbarians. Three years later, a great victory was finally achieved, so that the Northern Barbarians completely abandoned Xinzhou and had to retreat to Beiliang.
Because Beiliang is in danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Daqing has attacked many times, but they have returned in vain. The Northern Barbarians took advantage of the natural danger and refused to retreat anymore, they only needed to keep Beiliang now. After all, they have already lived and multiplied here. In the Daqing Dynasty, the country was poor and the soldiers were tired, and it had been five years since the whole country fought against the Northern Barbarians. Bei Liang has been in the hands of the Northern Barbarians for five years. People have taken root here. They bite the bullet and won't let go.
The most important thing is that after these five or six years of observation, the southern barbarians are ready to move, and they know that the war between the Daqing Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians has reached the most critical time, and the Northern Barbarians have dragged the Daqing Dynasty across. The southern barbarians wanted to attack in one fell swoop, but fortunately, there were many soldiers stationed in the southern barbarians, and they did not dare to relax for a moment to monitor the southern barbarians, and the battle between the two sides was about to break out. The southern barbarians kept harassing the border passes, so that the generals stationed in the station were eager to send up a war report every day.
The ministers of the court deliberated for three days and three nights. It was decided to abandon Bei Liang.
This time, even King Ping agreed. As a result, the two sides began peace talks.
Peace talks are also not easy to achieve, after all, the conditions of both sides are here.
And in the peace talks, King Ping got a heavy message. It turned out that the death of the general was indeed for a reason. In order to get military power, the five princes took advantage of the general's battle with the Northern Barbarians, and actually plotted against the general, but because of the general's accident, it affected the morale of the army, so that the Northern Barbarians took the opportunity to infiltrate the soldiers of Daqing. And because the Northern Barbarians held this handle, the general stationed here not only had to be tired of dealing with his own people, but he definitely didn't dare to leak out the matter of the conspiring general, and he had to half-conceal and half-conceal some requests from the Northern Barbarians to give them benefits, so that it was completely out of control later.
It can be said that before the Northern Barbarians started the war, they had already held half of Beiliang, and many of the sergeants were theirs, and in some remote places, the so-called Daqing people were all dressed up by the Northern Barbarians, and even Xinzhou They had infiltrated a lot of people to come over, and they should be combined with the outside, so they would easily kill 100,000 troops and occupy Beiliang.
And the later 100,000 army, but because the prince's cousin, who was originally an insider, he came to negotiate with the Northern Barbarians, not to fight, but how could the Northern Barbarians let him get his way, take advantage of his unpreparedness, and quickly kill him, it is easier than killing the 100,000 army in front. Hearing this news, King Ping couldn't believe his ears, he had been guessing what was going on with the 100,000 garrison? But at the same time, he also understands that Beiliang is not going to come back, because the people have not only occupied this place for five years, but have been in business for nearly ten years, maybe longer.
This news, King Ping ordered his henchman Zhu San to personally bring back to the capital. When the emperor learned about it, he was almost so angry that he vomited blood, he didn't know that his fifth-ranked son was still a ruthless character. Originally, he thought that this son was useless, but he didn't expect that people had been pretending to be pigs and eating tigers. But this is a family ugly, and he doesn't dare to let the world know that his son is actually a traitor who collaborates with the enemy and treason, which is too much of a slap in the face of the royal family. Therefore, the prince immediately died silently.
After the death of the crown prince, the queen fell ill and died not long after. After King Ping negotiated with the Northern Barbarians, he moved back to the court. He didn't dare to tell the matter of the prince's family and the Northern Barbarians, after all, this kind of thing is unspeakable, and he can't let the people of the world know that it was the emperor's family who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. So I had to think to appease the generals who had an accident with the general back then.
Then, Cheng Zhong became a scapegoat as soon as he did it, although he deserved to die.
Ah Hao and others returned to Beijing with King Ping, although it was not an infinite scenery, but it could be regarded as a victorious return to the dynasty. Originally, Ah Hao wanted to stay and guard here, but King Ping refused to keep him, but left another confidant general. With his guards, everyone can return to Beijing with peace of mind. In fact, only the major figures returned to Beijing, and the soldiers were still stationed here.
Because of the final result of the peace talks, it was decided that Beiliang would be owned by the Northern Barbarians, but the Northern Barbarians gave 500 cattle and sheep to Daqing every year. Such a result is not good, but it is not bad either. But Daqing Chao is in great need of recuperation. Now their worst enemy is no longer the northern barbarians, but the southern barbarians. The Daqing Dynasty is currently going all out to deal with the Southern Barbarians.
However, the Daqing Dynasty suffered a big loss, but this time it sent heavy troops to guard near Beiliang, and kept training soldiers, strict military discipline, and did not dare to give foreigners a chance.
Ah Hao and others returned to Beijing with King Ping, and were immediately rewarded by **, because Ah Hao has a special identity and is the son of the former protector general, so he was directly named the new protector general by the ministers of the court, but Ah Hao insisted on refusing to accept it, he didn't think that his current credit was so great. The court had no choice but to reward the others first, and then appease the families who had been affected by their father.
Ah Hao has had a lot of achievements in the past few years, and it was normal for him to be promoted to a knighthood, but because Ah Hao refused to be a general to protect the country, the court finally relied on him. Because of his civil and military skills, he was named the general of civil and military affairs, and since then, the originally deserted general's mansion has been renamed the civil and military general's mansion.
Although his father's grievances were cleared, Ah Hao was not comfortable at all. Although he fought side by side with King Ping for several years, he lived and died together. But in this matter, King Ping's approach made him a little uncomfortable, in order to protect his brother's face and the face of the emperor's family, King Ping put the blame on Cheng Zhong and others, but he didn't say a word about the prince in advance.
Ah Hao looked around the General's Mansion, looking at the place where he was born and raised, and there was an indescribable grief in his heart, he was not happy. Although his father was cleared of his charges, Cheng Zhong's incident made him as disgusting as swallowing a fly. Cheng Zhong committed suicide, and he died without waiting for the verdict to be pronounced, and Ah Hao went to see him before he died, but Cheng Zhong did not say a word to him, but just confessed.
It didn't take long for the new Wenwu General's Mansion to be renovated, and on an auspicious day, Ah Hao moved in, and he took Zeng Dashan with him this time.
Zeng Changping and Zeng Changan both have military merits, both have been named small generals, and have their own lives. But Zeng Dashan was too lazy to be an official because he was old, and he was also used to living in the General's Mansion, so he simply took the reward of the imperial court and came back with Ah Hao, preparing to retire in the General's Mansion.