Epilogue
Time is like an arrow, time is like a shuttle, and eight years have passed in a blink of an eye.
The spring rain is like silk, and the fragrant snow house is once again a sea of apricot blossoms. There is an endless stream of tourists who come to watch, and there are people who come from thousands of miles as far as Lizhou, Hengzhou, and Shaozhou. Among the people who came and went, there were Hu people from the Western Regions, and even distant visitors from Anyin and Moju. Guo Huaili, the behind-the-scenes boss of Xiangxueju, has already become a well-known wealthy businessman in the world, and his business is from east to west, from south to north, from the northern desert to Moju, from the Western Regions to the South Seas. ”。
Since the expulsion of the Western Regions coalition army, there has been no war in Huazhou, all industries are prosperous, and the people are rich. The Western Regions did not dare to look eastward, Rong Mi lost both sides in the internal fighting, and the Great Qi State reaped enough benefits, and already had thirteen cities and 80,000 soldiers and horses. The kingdom of Shasu became the new suzerain, and the kingdom of Yuche, Jusu, Qianglan, and the Tule family of the Tule family all worshiped Shasu as their suzerain, while Tian Weiguo became enemies of Shasu, and the two countries had several major wars in the past five years.
Standing in front of the window, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers in the air, Jiang Anyi's eyes revealed a faint melancholy. In eight years, too many things are wrong, Master Fan is gone, the Queen Mother is gone, and what makes Jiang Anyi most sad is that King Keming, the Duke of Shenguo, is also dead. Shen Guogong was ordered to pursue the Heavenly Army, and fought fiercely with the Heavenly Army in Suzhou many times, Wang Zhixiang was ambushed again, this time he failed to escape, and died on the battlefield. Losing his son in old age, Wang Keming vomited blood in great pain, suffered from old injuries, was bedridden, and had to return to the capital to recuperate. Wang Keming recommended Jiang Anyi to the Son of Heaven to be the commander on his behalf, but the Son of Heaven did not allow it, so he appointed Zhu Yifeng as the commander and continued to exterminate Rao Qiangfeng.
Zhu Yifeng got the secret decree of the Son of Heaven to let him consume the Huazhou army, Jiang Anyong broke with Zhu Yifeng after finding out, and led the Huazhou army to sit in Qingzhou to prevent the Tiantian army from going north, and no longer obeyed Zhu Yifeng's dispatch. After three years of hard fighting, in the ninth year of Changqing, Zhu Yifeng finally killed Rao Qiangfeng, and Zhu Yifeng was awarded the title of Pingxi Marquis by virtue of his military merits, and then succeeded Qi Xinwen as the marshal of Zhenbei City.
After the extermination of the army of heaven, the Son of Heaven became more and more luxurious and enjoyable, after the construction of the Yanshan Palace, he ordered the beauties of each state to enrich the palace, and soon after the Fengqi Mountain was built in Fengqi Mountain, one hundred and twenty miles south of Jingchang, and transported timber from Huangzhou, Weizhou, Qianzhou and other states to Beijing.
First, Qianzhou Miao Village became self-reliant, and then the remnants of the Huangzhou Heavenly Army rose again, the people of Weizhou rioted, and Wu Yanhao of Lizhou made a comeback. The Son of Heaven spent too much money on building palaces and pleasures, so that the military budget was insufficient, and Zhu Jinfeng, Su Guangzu and other marshals all supported the troops and sat and watched the situation.
The Huazhou army changed from 160,000 to 260,000, Jiang Anyong led 80,000 Huazhou soldiers to the south to suppress bandits, He Xigui led 80,000 soldiers and horses to Zhenbei City, Huazhou soldiers and horses were a single army, and Zhu Yifeng's 200,000 officers and troops formed horns against each other, and it was difficult for the desert cavalry to go south.
Shi Chongren, the king of Luo, trained 120,000 soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, nominally with Xue Minlin as the commander, but the court could not supply money and food, and these twelve soldiers and horses actually became the private soldiers in the hands of King Luo. In the eighth year of Changqing, Xue Minlin was secretly ordered by the Son of Heaven to go out of the Nanfeng Pass to the east, but he returned with his wings, and the Huazhou army was newly equipped, and the soldiers and horses of the court were no longer his enemies.
In the court, the Son of Heaven favored Cheng Mingdao, Cui Yuanhu and other ministers, Kong Province persuaded him not to listen to the old man to return to his hometown, Duan Cizong was offended by admonition, and he was demoted to the people, and the Son of Heaven was alone with Wei Youcheng, and Wei Youcheng worked hard to support the government.
Shi Chongjie, the king of Chu, sent a text to the world angrily reprimanding the Son of Heaven for not cultivating benevolence, approaching the villain and far away from the virtuous ministers, announcing that Chuzhou would no longer be subject to the chaos of the court.
The position of the crown prince is still vacant, Shi Chongwei already has twelve princes, the eldest son of the emperor is eighteen years old, and there are four princes over the age of ten. The extravagance of prostitution broke Shi Chongwei's body, and when the news of Chuzhou, Dengzhou, Fangzhou, and Duanzhou came to stand on their own, Shi Chongwei could no longer support it and fell ill in bed.
Three days ago, Jiang Anyi received a holy decree from the court, and the Son of Heaven summoned him to Beijing as the right minister, and the Son of Heaven told Jiang Anyi in a secret decree that he was ready to appoint the emperor's eldest son Shi Shousheng as the crown prince, and let Jiang Anyi assist him wholeheartedly.
Jiang Anyi received a letter from Zhang Zhicheng, the assassin of Bingzhou, and the two friends had no contact since the six years of Changqing, and this time Zhang Yucheng wrote to tell him that the Son of Heaven also recruited him to Beijing to replace Cheng Mingdao as the secretary of the ministry. In the letter, Zhang Yucheng recalled the interaction between the two back then, and hoped that Jiang Anyi could abide by his original intention to protect the people, end the disputes in the world, and rebuild a peaceful and prosperous world.
Xin Fei came behind Jiang Anyi and said with a smile: "Jiang Lang, everything is ready, it's time to set off." ”
(I thought of several endings, but in the end I decided to leave it in suspense.) Anything is possible!)