On August 24 in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, it was sunny and light rain, and the northwest wind was blowing.

Today, I finally got the news that Li Luo is coming back.

Many days of worries have vanished.

Every time he goes out to fight, even if he has a careful plan and good intelligence, he can't help but be afraid, for fear that he won't be able to come back if there is a mistake.

Hey, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is fighting outside again.

The people of Lin'an even celebrated spontaneously. Li Mian reported that throughout the *** room, there were people everywhere celebrating Tang Gong's victory.

Li Luo won several big battles in a row, and Chen Shuzhen also won Fujian, and the form seemed to be very good. But I know very well that the most difficult days have not yet passed, and I don't know how many big battles will be fought in the future.

Lin Biju told me that the stockpile of gunpowder was empty. Haidong has produced less than 100,000 catties of gunpowder in recent months.

Within a few months, firearms were difficult to use on a large scale.

Chen Shuzhen sent a population book of Fujian today, the data is not accurate, the estimated population is 4 million, and this year we will increase the amount of relief grain.

Together, there are more than 10 million people in these three provinces who need relief, and it will take until next year to fully resume production after the war, and if you want to avoid starving to death, you need to give 20 million stone to help you with food.

The rice of the white flowers flows out like water all the time, who doesn't feel distressed?

It's really not a family and I don't know how difficult it is to be a family.

There are also a lot of things to ask about, such as the production of weapons, the resumption of farming, the suppression of public order, the training of recruits, and the management of intelligence, for fear that the people below will not be able to do a good job.

All officials appointed above the prefectural level must meet in person and do a personality analysis before they can be used with confidence.

Damn, work hard.

Too busy not to want to. In the past, one million people were governed in Haidong, and the staff of the institution was very streamlined. But now that more than 30 million people have to be managed, the current team is obviously too busy.

Men should hurry up and be kings, and only after they have been called kings, can they improve various institutions and build a large-scale government.

Today, both Coral and Yan Chan have started calling me Queen. I said, the name is a big deal, you can't call it casually, the king will not enter the Tang king for a day, and I will not be the queen for a day.

However, it is hypocritical to say that you are not looking forward to it. That's the queen, you should be a fake?

In the afternoon, an order was issued to take Haidong's family to Lin'an.

Lao Tzu called the king of the ceremony, and the children did not come out as tools, which is not like words.

Both my father-in-law and Li Yuan wrote to say that my eldest son was about to lose his memory of me.

As for his father, not to mention, he must have forgotten it all a long time ago.

This parent deserved... It's really bad.

I also received news today that Yang Hanming, the brother-in-law of Banzhou, decided to start on August 25, which is tomorrow.

Within ten days, news will definitely come back.

I hope the plan goes well, and it doesn't get out of the basket.

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"Madame! Junjo is back! It is less than twenty miles away from Lin'an City! The female guard Shi Coral came in excitedly to report, and her handsome face was full of excitement, "Many people in the city spontaneously went to Zhentangmen to greet you!" ”

"Almost to Zhentangmen?" Cui Xiuning hurriedly stood up and ordered to change clothes.

The monarch will personally return to the throne, and he will welcome him in person. Li Luo, the monarch of the Tang Kingdom, returned to the city in triumph, and her wife must go to greet her in person. It's a courtesy.

Soon, Cui Xiuning was dressed in a costume, riding in a Qingluan Cuiyu that conformed to etiquette, and went out of the palace with a guard of honor.

At the same time, the drums of the drum tower of Lin'an City also sounded, and the honor guard of the brigade wore ceremonial clothes and came out of the palace, as well as elephants and red-crowned cranes...... and officials headed by Lin Biju.

The ceremony to welcome Li Luo had already been prepared, just waiting for Li Luo to come back.

And near Zhentang Gate, there are already crowds of people.

Sergeants, guards, and Praetorian Guards have long been in place, guarding the roads and maintaining order. And the officials of Lin'an County have also paved the ground with yellow sand and sprinkled the streets with clear water.

The bells and drums and musical instruments are displayed on the city tower, the officials, the honor guard are lined up out of the city, the red carpet is spread out for dozens of zhang, and the lights on the city gate tower are colorful, looking both joyful and solemn.

The people of Lin'an, who had taken on a new look for months, crowded behind the guards and sergeants, craned their necks and looked out of the city.

"It's been a long time since I've seen an elephant, a rhino!" An old man said with a sigh.

The people of Lin'an have seen the world, and they have seen elephants and rhinoceros in the honor guard more than once. But after Song died, he was never seen again.

Now, Lin'an has become the Tang Dynasty again, and the elephant and rhinoceros have reappeared in the eyes of the people.

Cui Xiuning stood on the tower of Zhentang Gate, the golden step on her head trembled slightly, she had already seen the team coming back.

"Your Majesty has arrived, let's have fun!" Cui Xiuning ordered.

"Joy!" Lin Biju, who served as the Minister of Etiquette, immediately ordered the music to be played.

The bells and drums rang in unison, and the melodious sound of silk and bamboo was together, and the entire Zhentang Gate was immersed in a magnificent atmosphere.

Li Luo rode on the big food BMW sent by Kublai Khan, looking at the welcoming team outside the city in front of him, and couldn't help but feel irrepressible self-satisfaction.

Returning triumphantly, the city is full of greetings!

A manly man, he should be so stylish.

However, Li Luo actually didn't have much joy on his face, because there were still many ashes of the fallen soldiers of the Tang Army who came back with him.

Several major battles, including the casualties of Wuguan and Jianmen Pass, the Tang army was killed, and there were tens of thousands of veterans in Guanghaidong, and there were even more wounded.

Many of these faces are familiar to him. But never again. These warriors will become the spiritual seat of the Zhongwu Divine Palace, and become the memory of the history of the Tang Kingdom, and they will no longer be able to fight for the Tang Kingdom and enjoy the peace of the world.

After Li Luo's army returned to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he ordered the army to disperse and guard the important places in the southeast, and he returned to Lin'an with only 30,000 soldiers and horses.

As soon as Li Luo's Da Xuan appeared under Lin'an City, huge cheers suddenly erupted inside and outside the city gate.

When the Tang officials saw Li Luo's figure, they bowed down under the excitement of the wind blowing the wheat waves, "Congratulations to the triumphant king!" The monarch is mighty, and the Tang Dynasty will win! ”

"Your majesty! Datang will win! ”

The guards and the forbidden army also bowed down together, and the sound shook Qiantang.

Cui Xiuning had already walked down the city tower and greeted Li Luo, who was standing on the horse, followed by two men and two women and four palace guards and maids, and the two maids were holding wine glasses and wine jugs in their hands.

Cui Xiuning came to Li Luoma generously, bowed, and said in a clear voice: "The concubine greets the king's triumph!" The king's personal expedition is hard, the saddle horse is tired, please drink the triumphant wine! ”

As she spoke, the maid behind her poured a glass of wine and respectfully presented it to Cui Xiuning. Cui Xiuning raised his glass with both hands over the top and presented it to Li Luo.

Li Luo took the glass of wine seriously and dried it up. He said with a dignified expression: "Madame has worked hard. Then he raised his hand to the officials kneeling on both sides, "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy, and they should be flat." The day after tomorrow, the widow held a banquet in the Feng Palace to celebrate my Tang victory! ”

"Thank you!" Lin Biju got up with Zheng Sixiao and other officials, but they couldn't dust the soil.

After Li Luo finished speaking, he dismounted, took Cui Xiuning's hand, and the two of them entered the city with a standard smile, showing off the harmony of husband and wife and setting an example for their subjects.

Seeing Li Luo enter the city, the people knelt down in a hurry and shouted.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

"Meet the official family, the official family is mighty!"

Okay, it's really a remnant of the Song Dynasty, Li Luo is still early from being called emperor, so they are used to calling the official family.

Even if Li Luo is called the emperor, he will not use such a rustic title as "official", which is used by Zhao Liangchao and Zhao Chang.

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning stepped on the red carpet on the Huangsha Street in cheers, and came to a gorgeous two-horse carriage at the end of the red carpet.

Cui Xiuning also boarded her emerald road. The two carriages went one after the other, and went to the palace at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain in the southern city.

As for the 30,000 soldiers and horses who came back with him, they were placed by their own people.

Li Luo returned to the harem, bathed and changed clothes, and only then did he have time to talk to Cui Xiuning.

The maids were driven out one by one, and the men and women hugged each other tightly......

"The fugitive has lost a lot of weight, and he feels a little bumpy." Cui Xiuning also changed into a silk cloth middle coat, her hair was scattered at will, she touched Li Luo's ribs, and even said that she had lost weight.

Li Luo crossed Erlang's legs, hugged Cui Xiuning with one hand, and played with her hair with the other, "Can you not be thin?" Running around, the labor is sad, and the food in the army is not exquisite...... The police have also lost weight, well, and it's a little bumpy to the touch. Alas, Yurong is losing three points every day, and I don't know who the beauty is. ”

"You can pull it down. Who am I for? It's all about this mess. You're not here, I, the regent lady, have to take care of everything, and 797 is even more blessed than 996. Cui Xiuning said, "However, it's better than you fighting outside for life and death, but I'm not less worried, worried about what if you hang up." ”

"Don't worry. Bad people live for a thousand years, where will I hang? Li Luo plucked his ears and shook his head as he spoke.

Cui Xiuning glanced into his ear, "I'll go, no wonder you're itching." You wait. "I got out of bed, put on clogs, ran to the dresser, and pulled out an ear scoop.

"Be careful." Li Luo's body shrunk, "Pick out my ears last time..."

Cui Xiuning forced him over with an ear picker, "Don't rely on me." Last time you moved it yourself. I'm such an adult, I can't pick out my ears? I can pluck out my son's tender ears. ”

"Okay, then you can come." Li Luo could only rest on her lap, feeling very comfortable.

Cui Xiuning was very careful, her already big eyes were round, she bit her lip, stared at Li Luo's ears without blinking, and worked slowly and carefully.

That serious energy, with a light and heavy posture, looks hard.

Li Luo didn't dare to move. To be honest, he was skeptical of Cui Xiuning's skill in plucking his ears.

"Alright." Cui Xiuning put down the ear plucking spoon and rubbed her wrist, "Damn, why are you so tired of picking out other people's ears." ”

What the? All right?

Li Luo raised his head from Cui Xiuning's lap with a confused expression, and pointed to his right ear, "You haven't taken it out here yet, right?" ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "Let's dig it out tomorrow." ”

"Okay. You. Li Luo could only take the ear scoop himself, "Don't touch me." ”

After solving the matter of the ear, the two of them had a while of talking about Emperor Hu and Emperor Hu, and Li Luo began to shout hungry again.

This time I was really hungry.

Cui Xiuning cooked it himself and fried an egg that he was only good at. Since there are no chili peppers and tomatoes, you can only fry them with chopped green onions.

Of course, this is not a no-go. So Cui Xiuning instructed the kitchen to clean up a table of wine and food.

The two of them used the Empress Zhao's bedroom as a dining room and had a home-cooked meal. To say that Tang Guohe's daily meals, although they are fine, they are not luxurious at all.

After the little couple finished cooking and washing, they lay down on the couch and began to talk about business.

"Uncle Kublai Khan is going to borrow a knife to get us." Cui Xiuning pillowed on Li Luo's stomach, holding the meat on Li Luo's calf with her bare feet, "The news that Li Yonggang sent." The Yuan court wants to let the men who set horses on the plateau come down, and the descendants of the prince of Dali Duan will also send troops. ”

"Don't crush my stomach, I've just eaten enough." Li Luo moved the woman's head away.

Frowning, he expected the Duan clan to send troops, but the Tubo people also sent troops, which he didn't expect.

"When you were in Annam, didn't you have Tibetan soldiers? How are they fighting? Can you fight? Cui Xiuning asked.

Li Luo thought about it for a while, "The combat power of the Tibetan soldiers is very strong, not much worse than the Mongolian soldiers. In particular, the Tibetan soldiers in Qinghai were stronger. ”

Cui Xiuning's eyes narrowed, "That's it." Uncle Kublai Khan's transfer was mainly the Qinghai Tubo soldiers. Kublai Khan promised that as long as he made military exploits, he would have Han slaves, grain, gold and silver. It is also necessary to reward the Tubo people who participated in the war. ”

Li Luo said: "How many people can be dispatched by the man who sets the horse?" ”

Cui Xiuning's legs were cocked, "Judging from the information of the Xuanzheng Yuan, there are more than 2 million Tubo people in Qinghai and Tibet, plus many Tubo Han people, it is appropriate to send more than 100,000 troops. If the Yuan court is not afraid of smashing the south, it is a generous gesture to others, and he is not afraid to play no matter how he plays. ”

Li Luo nodded, "I think so too." They don't care about the lives of the Han people in the south. There are still more than 20 million slaves and people in the north, and this plate is enough for them to parasitize. They robbed the things in the first place, how could they feel distressed? ”

Cui Xiuning stood up, took out a homemade booklet, and handed it to Li Luo, "Look at this." See if you won't be surprised. ”

Li Luo opened the booklet, glanced at it a few times, and sure enough, he showed a hint of surprise, and then showed anger.

It turned out that this was a list, all of which were craftsmen who planned to defect, and they were a very small number of the 30,000 craftsmen rescued by Li Luo from the technical belt around Poyang Lake in Jiangxi.

There are dozens of people!

What is even more dangerous is that they have already participated in the production of gunpowder of the Tang Army, and they have an understanding of the formulation and purification of the gunpowder of the Tang Army. There are also many observations of the Tang Army's musketeers and artillery.

They were originally used by Li Luo to expand the production capacity of gunpowder firearms.

Li Luo closed the booklet and his expression became gloomy. Cui Xiuning, who knew him very well, knew that the man was extremely angry at this time.

Why?

You are just craftsmen and slaves on the side of the Yuan Court, but it was I Li Luo who saved you, gave you a high salary, gave you such a good treatment, and made you no longer become a craftsman slave, but a craftsman respected by the people of the Tang Kingdom.

Am I treating you badly? You're going to rebel? What are you trying to do?

Do you think that by secretly selling firearms and gunpowder to the Yuan court, you can change your fate?

Cui Xiuning took the initiative to explain: "Don't be angry. While pressing Li Luo's temple, "There are more than 1,000 firearms craftsmen, but only a few dozen have rebelled. We only raised them for two months, which is already a good ratio. ”

"That's right. These 30,000 people are craftsmen who were intensively raised in the south by the Yuan court, and you can use them as a large state-owned military factory in the Yuan court. With such a unit, do you think there will be no spies in the Yuan Court? It can't be. ”

Li Luo understood, he grabbed the woman's slender hand and looked into her eyes, "You mean, I brought back the spies of the Yuan Court as craftsmen?" ”

Cui Xiuning nodded, "Yes." You got 30,000 craftsmen, but you didn't expect that some of them were indeed craftsmen, and they were also spies of the Yuan court. Their families were all in the north, and the Yuan court had to reward them every year for them to spy on other craftsmen. The Yuan court was not good for craftsmen, but it was still very concerned about weapons. ”

"These people on the list are all spies of the Yuan Court. I didn't give the order to arrest anyone, but everyone had someone in charge of keeping an eye on them. The most difficult thing for them to deal with is that they are craftsmen themselves, and they are too easy to disguise. As soon as the 30,000 craftsmen came back, I was worried that it was not clean, so I set up a few chain sets, and sure enough, they all bit the bait. ”

Li Luo smiled: "It's really yours." Since you already have the arrangement, then I don't care, I can't care so much. ”

Cui Xiuning's expression was a little strange, "Among these spies, there is one person who is very skilled, and he is a nitratesmith from the northwest who has been making nitrate for generations. He has a knack for finding new holes. ”

Li Luo became interested, "There are so many craftsmen in us, there is no better nitrater?" ”

Cui Xiuning said: "I have made a separate list of all the gunpowder and firearms craftsmen, divided them into categories, and professionally refined, and set up a lot of various craftsmen in one go. But there are only a few dozen people in total. And this spy is the most skilled one of them. ”

Li Luo nodded, "You can take care of this matter." What do I need to do? ”

Cui Xiuning shook her finger elegantly, "No need, you just wait for the news." You are the king of Tang Guo, and you will still be the king soon, and you don't dare to worry about these little things. ”

"Okay." Li Luo stretched and yawned, "The widow is not angry." Madame, let's go to bed and rest. ”

Cui Xiuning kicked his feet, shook off the clogs, and got into the quilt, and was immediately hugged by a pair of powerful arms.

"I'll go, you're going to strangle me!"

"Policeman, you sleep inside, I'll sleep outside."

"Why?"

"Why? This is the Zhao family's palace for more than a hundred years, do you think it can be clean inside? I'm afraid that there are ghosts in this dormitory, so I'll sleep outside to protect you. ”

"Hehe, do you think women are afraid of ghosts? When you were away, I slept alone every day, and I didn't see anyone touch my head at night. Don't talk nonsense, let me get a beauty sleep. ”

At this time, it was getting late, and the two hugged each other and talked secretly until late at night, discussing a lot of things, and Cui Xiuning got up several times to pick up a pen and paper to record.

The autumn night in the palace is brilliant and quiet, the lights are brilliant, and the maids outside the palace are snuggling with the lamps, whispering in the night to say their own words, like a dream of the mountain wind.

The guards under the corridor and wandering around, wearing unique purple armor and carrying Tang knives at their waists to guard the palace rooms, added a lot of popularity to the night of the deep palace, and it no longer looked gloomy.

A cold moon obliquely illuminates the Song Palace, the evening fog rises and the frost falls, and the copper leakage in the hall is silent in the dark night. The fragrance is fine, the west wind enters the house, the leaves fall on the jade steps, and the palace is full of autumn air,

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning were also sleepy, hugging each other and falling asleep.

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As the saying goes: think about sowing Tian Yang. In the entire later generations of Guizhou, the Banzhou Yang clan was a real prince at this time.

The Yang clan is in charge of the land of Banzhou Xuanwei Division, and has more than one million Miao people, Tujia people, and Han people under its jurisdiction, and 70,000 soldiers.

The Yang family city is called "Longyan City" (later Hailongtun), not far from the royal palace of the Lang Kingdom on Chinese New Year's Eve. Longyan City is built on the top of a high mountain, and there are nine dangerous passes, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Banzhou Yang clan was one of the main forces to resist Mongolia, led the construction of Diaoyu City, and repeatedly defeated the Mongol and Yuan armies. However, since Yang Bangxian descended to the Yuan, he was desperately loyal to Kublai Khan and was awarded the title of Duke of the Kingdom.

Because Kublai Khan gave the Yang clan the right to arbitrarily adjudicate the affairs of the jurisdiction without a request. The Yang clan can export to the constitution, dispose of the people at will, and kill and take away the people's livelihood.

is the pacification envoy under the command of the Yang family, and he also kills when he says kill.

Not only that, but the Yang family also built a large amount of land under the connivance of the Yuan court, with more than 140 manors, 26 tea gardens, and a large number of salt farms and horse farms.

However, although the Yang family is the lord of Banzhou and the dominant family, it is not the only ruling family.

Second only to the Yang family is the He family, who has assisted the Yang family for generations and is the hereditary governor of Banzhou.

In addition to the He family, there are seven families including Luo, Liu, Xie, and Han.

These eight families are collectively referred to as the "Eight Surnamed Jiangmen", all of whom were Tang Dynasty generals who followed the Yang family from the Central Plains to the southwest, and they were all Han Chinese, and they were all Yang generals for generations, and they were very loyal to the Yang family, and they also inherited the Tusi official position under the Yang family.

Now, Yang Bangxian is dead, and the successor to the lord of Banzhou is Yang Bangxian's second son, Yang Hanying.

Yang Hanying was only seventeen years old and had not yet grasped the power of Banzhou. The power of Banzhou is in the hands of Yang Hanying's biological mother, Tian.

Mrs. Tian has been in charge of Banzhou for only a few years, but it has already caused dissatisfaction among the "eight surnamed Jiangmen".

Because the Tian family was born in the Sizhou Tian family, it is a big toast with the same name as the Yang family. She is Yang Bangxian's stepstring and Yang Hanming's stepmother.

After the Tian family seized power, they suppressed the "Eight Surnames Jiangmen", reused the mother's family, and broke the rules for hundreds of years.

However, the contradictions between the two sides were far from being irreconcilable.

But I don't know why, a lot of things have happened in the connection in the past six months, which has suddenly intensified the contradictions between the two sides.

Even the Miao people, who were the most avoidant of the village, heard that the eight surnamed Jiangmen and the Tai Lady Tian clan were becoming more and more disagreeable.

This has never happened before.

In the past six months, what has happened that made the eighth surnamed Jiangmen dare to fight with Mrs. Tai?

PS: It's too late, sorry, good night friends! Crab crab support, a sense of powerlessness.

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