Chapter 27: The Past
Looking at the lively scene of people coming and going, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, in the border city, where would there be such a cheerful scene, let alone such a prosperous scene. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It can be seen how much effort the emperor has put into it in recent years! I remembered that he had participated in the inspection in the past month, and had come into contact with many low-level officials in Beijing, and from their descriptions, he also knew that the past few years have been very different from previous years.
The previous Emperor Xuanwen did not think about government affairs in his later years, but also recruited concubines and concubines, and wanted to have fun. Six years ago, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River in the summer and the heavy snow in the north in the winter caused very large losses, and it stands to reason that the imperial court needs to vigorously pacify and provide solutions. But Emperor Xuanwen didn't care much, and arbitrarily assigned officials who would only slap horses on weekdays to govern.
It's a good thing that these officials embezzled disaster relief materials and silver, and even suppressed the people who were not satisfied, and as a result, many people died! The local parents couldn't understand why the imperial court would send such an official down, so they filed a complaint in the capital.
But before the paper reached the emperor's hands, the parent official was imprisoned! Now it's like boiling water turning over a pot, and these people have risen up and rushed to tell each other, filled with righteous indignation!
It can be said that there are many people and great power, and the matter still spread to the capital, and some important ministers and several royal palaces finally couldn't sit still, and jointly came forward to ask the emperor to pay attention to this matter, send another official to deal with it, and severely punish the previous officials.
Emperor Xuanwen was frightened by their stern attitude and didn't dare to say anything more, as far as they were concerned.
But after all, he has been an emperor for many years, and he is used to being high, and it is the first time he has encountered such a situation, and his teeth are itchy with anger that night, and he didn't even go to the glamorous concubine. even stopped a few days in the early court, and then was blocked by the courtiers at the gate of the harem, which made him lose face.
At that time, Yan Wanze was still in the border city, and it was snowing heavily at the border pass, but the supplies of the imperial court were still delayed, resulting in many people freezing to death.
Although he was at the border, his years of operation made him quickly know the current situation of the imperial court and the riots in the south of the Yangtze River, so he handed over the affairs to the two Yang Qicheng brothers overnight, and led a small team of men and horses to gallop back to the capital.
When he appeared in front of the palace in the early court, Emperor Xuanwen was startled, his face changed greatly, and he asked loudly if there was a big incident at the border pass, and whether Yan Wanze abandoned the city and fled?
After learning that there was no, he breathed a sigh of relief and scolded why he dared to return to Beijing without being summoned, as if the qi he had received from the courtiers during this time was vented, and he didn't notice why the courtiers were not surprised that Yan Wanze suddenly appeared in the main hall.
After venting, seeing that everyone lowered their heads and didn't say a word, Emperor Xuanwen was very proud that his dragon might finally made everyone afraid again.
Just wanted to say that he would punish Yan Wanze for a crime, but he could see the sign in his hand, and his face slowly turned into a pig's liver color for a while.
The brand in Yan Wanze's hand seems to be ordinary, but the people of the clan recognize it as a tiger brand that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Seeing that Emperor Xuanwen seemed to be drained of strength and slumped on the dragon chair, everyone felt very strange, they didn't know what magic the brand in Yan Wanze's hand could make the emperor like this, except for a few big princes.
Emperor Xuanwen never thought that this brand would get into Yan Wanze's hands, he always thought that it was in the hands of a certain sect member, but because the tiger brand had not appeared in the past three hundred years, he even guessed whether it was gone.
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Tiger appeared again!
He naturally knows what the Tiger can do, and he doesn't think that the Tiger can be fake. So in the end, he didn't say anything, and he was supported by the eunuch to go down to the court.
Everyone looked at Yan Wanze's eyes, and there was a faint awe in curiosity.
The youngest son of the first emperor was not favored as soon as he was born, after all, the first emperor had so many children, it was normal not to take care of him, and his biological mother's position was not high.
Because he is too young, he has no competition for the throne, after all, some emperors and grandsons are older than him, so he grew up peacefully.
Finally, when the first emperor was dying, he made arrangements for the rest of his children, named Yan Wanze as the king of the county, and gave him a mansion.
But what can a powerless prince do? So in those years, Yan Wanze indulged in mountains and rivers, but also walked through the great rivers and mountains of Tanglin Kingdom.
Until the invasion of the Hu people, the imperial court sent generals to resist but was defeated repeatedly.
It's not surprising to think about it, for nearly a hundred years, the frontier has been safe and sound, which naturally leads to the fact that there are no military generals with war experience in the DPRK and China. But the common people don't think so, they will only think that the court is incompetent, and Hou An Guogong took the initiative to ask for help, which stabilized the situation.
Unfortunately, An Guogong is old after all, and he couldn't survive after being injured once. An Guogong's son fought for his father, but he was young and had little experience, so the already stable situation began to be precarious again.
At this time, Yan Wanze returned to Beijing and took the initiative to ask to go to the border city. No one knows why it was a border city, and the main battlefield at that time was Bianseong, which was two cities away from Anseong.
At that time, everyone was skeptical about this county king, who had no sense of existence, because after all, he was in the name of the royal family, and if one of them was not appropriate, it would be difficult to stabilize the royal position among the courtiers and the common people. There are no generals in the DPRK and China, and they are losing and retreating, which has made the reputation of the royal family plummet!
So, several imperial uncles and several Confucians of the clan unanimously assessed him, and the results surprised them, but they didn't expect that the youngest prince of the first emperor was actually full of wealth, and because he had traveled to many places, he had an understanding of the customs of various places, and more importantly, the art of war was not weak, and the only thing missing was actual combat.
So, Yan Wanze went to the border city like this.
Later facts proved that Yan Wanze went to the right place, and within a few months, many Hu people turned to the border city again. The imperial court chose the right person this time, and it also allowed Emperor Xuanwen to live these years in peace.
But today, this county king is obviously hidden!
Yan Wanze looked at the hundreds of people in this hall coldly, I really don't know why the imperial brother has become so confused over the years, if he continues like this, without others coming in, he will be slowly corroded by ants and insects like a big tree, and finally fall!
Pinching the sign in his hand, he strode away.
Two years later, Emperor Xuanwen died, and the successor was not the crown prince or any of his sons, but Yan Wanze!
This surprised the world, it is not without the history of the younger brother's stepbrother, but there are special circumstances, such as the elder brother has no children, or the elder brother's children toss each other, and the toss is gone.
But Emperor Xuanwen's sons are all fine, although there is not much fame, but there is no bad reputation.
This Emperor Xuanwu said that he would succeed to the throne, and he was calm, which really made everyone curious.