The restoration of the Duke of Jin did play a huge role in the government.

Far from it, at least the emperor's burden has been lightened a lot, and the speed of the government's issuance is almost three times that of before.

Chu Rui was even thinking about why he always wanted to be in charge. It is good that the power is in a peaceful and prosperous era, but in the event of a disaster or war, the emperor is afraid that he will die of exhaustion, and no one dares to use it.

Now it is naturally a peaceful and prosperous era, but it is difficult to guarantee that his sons and grandsons will always be in a peaceful and prosperous era. Whether to continue to maintain the way of "balance", or whether to centralize power and take all the power into the emperor's possession has become a question that Chu Rui has been pondering in his mind recently.

If it was Zhang Ying, he would definitely laugh at Chu Rui's hesitation. With the current productive forces and system, the complete centralization of power is nonsense. In case you meet a deaf descendant, the result of extreme centralization is that the whole country is ruined.

It's a pity that Zhang Ying is a "madman", even if he appears in front of Chu Rui, he will only be beaten to death by a stick.

Zhang Nuo returned to the court, and the emperor authorized him to wear mourning clothes to the court, which was a great gift and also showed a certain attitude of the emperor.

The mourning clothes in the official uniform of officials are generally worn by subordinates to mourn their superiors, or by courtiers to mourn the dead king. Zhang Nuo is still in the filial piety period, and he should be dressed in sackcloth and cut down for his father for three years. The emperor allowed Zhang Nuo to wear mourning clothes to the court, which respected his filial piety to his father, and secondly, it was also a gesture of goodwill, indicating the emperor's trust in the Shizu faction.

The fall of Youzhou, although it was a slap in the face to Da Chu, was not a warning.

For a long time, Youzhou is bitterly cold, and it is a remote place at the border, and the imperial court has not paid much attention to it, and the number of people in Youzhou is scarce, and it is difficult to collect taxes, and it is difficult to be promoted. How much loyalty this kind of resentful officials can have to Da Chu depends on the private virtues of these officials.

Although there are 200,000 soldiers at the Youzhou border pass, they have not fought a major battle for so many years, and the combat ability of the soldiers stationed at the border pass can be seen in this foreign invasion.

In case of panic, internal and external communication, greed for life and fear of death, carelessness and contempt of the enemy, almost in the hands of Chu Rui, there are few good evaluations.

Yuan Xi is old, even the Dingbei army can't fix the north, what can the army in Yanzhou do, Chu Rui gave them a question mark.

Since May, the war reports between the border pass and the capital have never stopped. Pedestrians on the post road have become accustomed to the post station officials wearing small flags or wearing bright red power suits galloping away, leaving only the yellow dust billowing in their hearts, which makes people feel infinitely worried.

At any time, the common people do not want to fight.

The Youzhou Rebellion lasted for nearly a year, and the common people in the capital could only hear some progress from the newspapers of officials and the mouths of storytellers in the streets and alleys.

What Zhuo County was held by the Yanzhou Zhang family led the whole county, and the anti-thieves surrounding Zhuo County were first 20,000, and then became 30,000 or 40,000, and even the siege weapons were on. All the young and strong people in Zhuo County went to the city, and the healthy women and young men also boiled water and oil to resist the enemy, or went to the city to deliver food and water. Zhuo County was surrounded on all sides, and the upper reaches of Zhuoshui in the city were poisoned, but they were discovered, and then it rained heavily, and God blessed the people of Zhuo County, but they did not let the thieves succeed, causing a catastrophe.

Lin Dahu, the guard of Juyong Pass, ordered 20,000 Chu troops to go to the rescue, Zhang Zhi of Zhuo County led 8,000 young men and Lin Dahu from the south to drive away the villains around the south gate, and then continued to fight back, the thieves saw that the situation was not good, withdrew the army to the north, and Zhuo County was finally recovered.

Now Zhuoxian County contains tens of thousands of people and 20,000 Chu troops, and there are government soldiers from all over the country in the rear who keep converging with Zhuoxian and Huaishuo, preparing to recapture Fanyang with the whole army.

Li Mao was appointed by the emperor to "lead the military power in the north". In other words, as the secretary of the military department, he now has to do a good job in the task of relocating, deploying, and commanding the local garrisons in the north.

Li Mao knew that he was not the material for going to the front line, but was more suitable for supporting in the rear, so he stayed in Juyong Pass, guarding the pass instead of Lin Dahu, and let Lin Dahu take tens of thousands of soldiers from Juyong Pass to rescue Zhuo County.

Li Mao's decision was right, as an important fortified city in the north, Juyong Pass had extremely dangerous terrain, and the troops and government troops supported by Jinzhou, Tongzhou, and Fenzhou had to reach Juyong Pass first before they could continue to go north.

As soon as Li Mao arrived at Juyong Pass, he immediately visited the guards from all walks of life and climbed relationships everywhere. Due to the relationship between Li Lao Guogong and the whole army, these guards who came to support from all over the country did not look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha, and were polite to Li Mao.

But to Yuan Xi, he was not so polite.

This veteran is fifty-four this year, but it was under his nose that Wang Taihe reversed and took away more than 10,000 elite soldiers. He kept making decisions, and the deputy general fell for the plan of diverting the tiger from the mountain, and many generals felt that he was old, confused, and a little unclear.

Li Mao knew that Yuan Xi had been in the north for a long time, and the cohesion in the army was the most critical place.

So Li Mao lobbied around in it, and took out the righteousness of the family and the country as a signboard, he was the secretary of the military department, and promised that he would reward them and give them more equipment after he promised to do so, which was naturally much more convincing than other officials, and most of the generals who led the army obediently handed over the command to Yuan Xi, and were willing to accompany him to the north as a forward or escort, waiting for the opportunity to take back Fan Yang.

Yuan Xi took a few generals to the north together, there were no soldiers and no generals in his hands, and the Dingbei Army under his command was scattered and defeated, although he was a general of Zhenbei, in fact, he was not worthy of the name. Seeing that Li Mao, the Duke of Xinguo, was roaming around for him to have soldiers, and whispered in a low voice to ask for perfection, this veteran was really moved in his heart.

In addition to not being able to lead troops, this Li Guogong completely does not disgrace Li Shuo's prestige!

In Juyong Pass, Li Mao, who was dressed in civilian clothes, and Qin Gang, who was wearing a white filial piety suit, were wandering around the city.

Now there is a large number of refugees pouring into Juyong Pass, and the people in the north know the role of Juyong Pass, and there are a large number of defenders in the pass, so once the city is broken and the family is destroyed, they all flee to Juyong Pass, and then go to the hinterland of the Central Plains from Juyong Pass to seek life.

Although there are refugees pouring into Juyongguan, and all kinds of ominous front-line news and rumors are walking everywhere, Juyongguan is still worthy of being a prosperous Guancheng with many soldiers for hundreds of years, and there are still many people coming and going on the streets, and the people living in Juyongguan are not affected by the war.

On the contrary, because of the increase in labor, many prices are much cheaper.

Li Mao took a few generals in civilian clothes to hang out in Juyongguan with Qin Gang, who was excellent in martial arts, today to avoid refugee riots or rumors that spies had sneaked into the city for a walk.

Tomorrow, General Yuan Xi will take a total of 60,000 reinforcements from all over the city to Zhuoxian, and his goal is Fanyang.

A woman carried a large basket with a cloth towel wrapped in her hair, and sold something that was presumably some kind of food. But she may have never come out to sell something, so she made up her mind to open her mouth a few times, but lowered her head and blushed and couldn't make a sound. The young woman looked to be no more than twenty years old, and for some reason she had to come out alone.

But Li Mao expected that no matter what the reason, I am afraid that it is not a reason to be happy.

So Li Mao and the general gave a few orders, and asked him to buy all the food back together with the basket.

The young woman handed out the basket in her hand in surprise, as if she couldn't believe her good luck, and kept staring at the family general who returned to Li Mao with the basket, and then she was deeply blessed to Li Mao with tears in her eyes.

As soon as she was blessed, Li Mao and Qin Gang knew that this was not an ordinary rural village girl.

The village women in the countryside will never be so polite.

I'm afraid that the woman of a big family has been displaced to Juyong Pass because of the war.

In fact, not only this woman, but they also saw in the distance many dusty scribes in Confucian robes, standing in the labor pile with many strong men, waiting for the blacksmith in Juyongguan, or some other boss who had to work to bring them back to work.

Some don't need any wages, as long as they can give them something to eat.

"I can't imagine that Li Guogong is still a person who pities fragrance and cherishes jade." Qin Gang looked at a large basket and frowned, "What should I do?" ”

Although this bean cake doesn't look rough, people like them rarely eat this kind of dim sum. And they won't touch the food that comes from the outside.

"Find some beggar refugees and give them a break." Li Mao glanced at the bean cakes in the basket, afraid that this woman was born in the south and married to the north. Bean cakes are rare in the north.

Southern ladies want to learn the art of feeding at home, and it is not uncommon for them to make this kind of dim sum.

"I'm not pitying, but I just hope that these people won't lose hope. As long as people live, there will always be a better day. ”

Li Mao thought that he was saved by the Qiang people when he thought he was going to die, and the Qiang people even risked their lives to escort him back to Fenzhou. Sometimes, as long as you get through the most difficult hurdle, there is no hurdle that you can't overcome.

"Is that so...... However, if you bought all her snacks this time, wouldn't she be doubly disappointed if she came to sell them tomorrow and couldn't sell them? Qin Gang watched the woman go to the pharmacy with the money in her hand, and knew why she was showing up. You gave her expectation, and it would be cruel for her to think that it would be so easy to sell things every time, right? ”

But sympathy is sympathy, and now there are too many people who are scattered, and they can only watch and wait, and they can't do much.

I only hope that Wang Shi will go north as soon as possible, calm the war in Youzhou, and let these people return to their homeland.

"It's not a bad thing to have expectations." Li Mao couldn't imagine that this Brother Qin, who was over thirty years old, was still such a negative and pessimistic person, "I didn't think about it that much. ”

"Li Guogong is really ......" Qin Gang finally showed a smile and shook his head with a smile, "Unexpectedly frank person." ”

The general was given the order to carry the basket and go to the man who looked to be hungry for a long time. He once helped the people of Xicheng during the hailstorm, and he could see at a glance who needed the most food now. At first, there were people who came to rob him, but since he was a general, it was naturally impossible for people to get it easily.

Some old and weak women and children saw that there were still people snatching food from their hands, and immediately stuffed all the bean cakes into their mouths, and their cheeks were bulging, and they even had trouble swallowing; Some people took the bean cake and ran away, and they didn't know why.

"Isn't it...... Should I ask the court for almsgiving? The more Qin Gang walked towards the pass, the more refugees he saw, they dragged their families with their mouths, or helped the old and the young, carried heavy salutes, often cried while walking, or when they arrived at the Juyong Pass, showing a very confused expression.

Surprisingly, Li Mao, who had just shown sympathy for a weak woman, shook his head firmly.

"The pacification of refugees must not be done by customs and defense. What we should be doing is evacuating the refugees and getting them to Kannai, not a lot of lingering here. The number of people that can be accommodated in Juyong Pass is limited, and food and grass need to support the soldiers on the battlefield, and if Juyong Pass is lost, it will only displace more people. ”

"When these people go south, the magistrates in various places will be properly settled. Now that there is a shortage of labor everywhere, and it is about to be the season of summer and autumn harvest, they will not be unable to live. ”

Li Mao climbed the city tower and looked at the people under the gate.

Miles of people came from the north, and on the other side of the road, you could see the figures of people who seemed to have walked all night. Little by little, they formed a line, or seven or eight people in a group, or two or three people supported each other, and one person walked on the road full of tears.

There were also people who came with ox carts, but in very small numbers. The carriage was not even seen.

Those who can descend have descended, and those who have not descended have probably been wiped out by the clan. This group of thieves in the Yin Dynasty is more ruthless than the Hu people, and the city of Youzhou, which was the first to fall, if there is an ethnic group that does not surrender, all of them will be punished. Later, in order to protect the people in the clan, even if you don't want to fall, you will be pressed down by the bullet that you want to fall.

In troubled times, the people can still abandon everything and run away with the old and the young, the rich and the family have a great cause, if they can't fight to the death, they can only die without a place to be buried.

Li Mao looked at the people who were injured and tired, some of them were injured, or those who finally saw Juyong Pass after walking for a long time, but couldn't get in because of the inspection of the door officials, they couldn't help but start scolding the thieves and useless border soldiers, and Li Mao's expression became more and more sad.

He must not allow the people he cares about to end up like this. Thinking that his mother, wife, children, and family would also be supported like this, and scolded him for not being able to enter the city gate earlier, Li Mao felt a pain in his heart.

The thief must not be allowed to go south, and neither can he die!

Shinkoku Mansion.

After entering the summer, Gu Qing's health became worse and worse, and sometimes he often slept and couldn't shout.

The Fang family took the maids to serve her mother-in-law in person, almost never leaving, but this situation was not good at all, but it was getting heavier and heavier.

Li Mao is not at home, the Fang family is in charge of the whole family in the house, and he also has to take care of Li Ming and Li Mei's two children, and now Qiu Lao Taijun is sick again, and his spirit is inevitably a little weak, and one day he fainted as soon as he stood up.

Fang's family fell, Qiu Lao Taijun also fell, and the people in the family were almost panicked, but fortunately, Mama Hua supported the overall situation alone, and on the one hand, she asked people to go to the palace to send the nameplate to Li Rui, who was on an errand in the East Palace, and on the other hand, she quickly recruited the four housekeepers in the family and asked them to temporarily take care of major affairs, and the four of them were together during this time.

Knowing that his grandmother began to be drowsy for unknown reasons, Li Zhao, who was studying at Chen Siqing's house, immediately asked for leave and returned home. He is now fourteen years old, and Mr. Chen has even begun to give him some small shops for him to take care of.

Knowing that Li Zhao, who was proficient in arithmetic, had returned home, Mama Hua was also relieved, during this time, the directors of the family, in addition to the four housekeepers, finally had a reliable supervisor.

Since Gu Qing became drowsy, the whole person seemed to have changed suddenly, sometimes becoming silent, sometimes talking impatiently, and even sometimes crying for no reason, clamoring to go home.

The imperial doctors in the palace will consult her, and some say that there is blood stagnation in the brain, which makes her think like a child; Some say it's like "soul disorder", but they can't be sure.

There is also an imperial doctor who is good at wind paralysis after diagnosis, and he is a little worried that if Mrs. Qiu continues to sleep like this, she will either sleep for a long time and sleep like this, or she will be paralyzed with a stiff tongue, and she will not be able to eat by herself from now on, just like Li Laoguogong will consume himself alive.

Li Rui saw his grandmother like this, he didn't dare to leave her for half a step, as long as Gu Qing fell asleep, he would be on duty all night, pinch her and wake her up, and wait for Gu Qing to wake up before going to squint for a few more hours.

Since Gu Qing became ill, he knew that the Dao was bad.

No matter how much I had a stroke or how sick I was, I never had a time when I couldn't remember things. Sometimes she said a few words to Li Rui, and the whole person was stunned.

She didn't know what she was sitting here for, and she didn't know what she had just said.

For an adult, this is really a terrible experience, so terrible that she can't help but lose her temper, and even when she sees Li Rui, she will be angry with him for no reason.

Why do you want to call her back! If she had fallen to her death last year, she wouldn't have suffered so much!

Why do you want to wear here! At that time, if you didn't look at him pitifully, you just found a lake to jump, found a pillar and hit it, and died and died, why bother to be like now, you will soon fall into paralysis, urinate and urinate on the bed, and then freeze and wait for death!

1 big 1 small 1 poop 1 lost 1 incontinence, unable to eat, starved to death......

Either way, she couldn't afford it.

The overwhelming amount of negativity almost overwhelmed her, making her unreasonable.

More and more coma and mental decline made her feel like a ghost, and the grandchildren she tortured were in pain.

The saddest is Li Rui.

He couldn't understand the reason for the sudden resentment that his grandmother sometimes felt.

As a junior, I suddenly found that my grandmother, who loved me the most and loved me the most, may hate myself in my heart, which is enough to make people collapse.

"Brother, don't be sad, grandma is sick. Didn't the imperial doctor say it? Blood stagnation in her brain may have left her delirious. Li Ming chased after his brother who was driven out by Gu Qing and ran out.

Grandma's "roll" to her brother just now is really chilling.

The most frustrating thing is that every time my grandmother loses her temper, she doesn't remember it.

This is not so much a sickness, but more like a doctor said, "leaving the soul".

"The eldest son, the little son, there are outsiders asking to see."

"Who is asking to see? Recently, my ancestors have been sick and I don't see outsiders. ”

"It's Lord Zhang Xuanzhang of Qin Tianjian. Mr. Zhang heard that Mrs. Tai was sick, so he came to visit. ”

The subordinates are also very embarrassed.

Zhang Xuan had a very good relationship with the old lady in the family, and the Taoist often came over with a book to ask for advice, and occasionally visited with a few other Taoist leaders.

The old lady once instructed his subordinates, "If Zhang Xuan comes, you don't have to stop him, just lead him in."

The love for this junior can be seen from this.

"Grandmother is in a bad mood, you let him ......" As soon as Li Rui's words came out, he was interrupted by Li Ming.

"No, please come in and take a look!"

Li Ming suddenly remembered that Zhang Xuan warned him back then, reminding him that there might be a bloody disaster, and asking him not to leave his grandmother.

Later, there was really an incident of seizing the knife in the mourning hall, and it was because his grandmother took the knife that he did not die.

This Zhang Daochang may be able to see something.

Li Rui looked at his younger brother unexpectedly, and Li Ming stubbornly insisted that Zhang Xuan come to visit his grandmother.

"In that case, let's invite him in and pay a visit."

The author has something to say: Gu Qing is going to hang up. Don't doubt it, it's really going to hang.