Qianjing, Imperial Palace.

It snowed heavily for two days and two nights, and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground.

At dawn, the snow was still falling, and Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan had to get up and prepare to go to court.

Hua Mulan put on a gown for Zhao Junsheng, who opened his arms, and said while sorting out his clothes: "This snow has been falling for two days and two nights, and I don't know when it will stop. ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "Natural disasters, people can't stop it, they can only make prevention, before the winter, I have issued an edict to prepare for cold and snow disasters, I believe that even if there are casualties and livestock casualties, the loss should not be too big, rest assured!" ”

"Besides, now that the imperial court has a very complete performance appraisal system, it is impossible for the local officials to ignore the disaster, otherwise they will not be able to pass the performance appraisal at the end of the year, for their own official position, they will not let it go, of course, it is not excluded that they neglect their duties, this is only a few after all!"

Hua Mulan sighed: "It's almost the New Year, I just hope that every family under my rule can have a lively and prosperous New Year with peace of mind, and there will be no natural and man-made disasters!" ”

After the two of them finished dressing up, they hurriedly finished breakfast and left the palace, neither sitting on the imperial chariot nor riding a horse, but directly strode towards the Taiji Hall hand in hand.

In the winter, walking was more comfortable, and when Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked to the Taiji Hall, their bodies were already slightly warm.

The ministers had already arrived, and in their shouting of caution, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked to the throne made of gold and white jade to listen to the government.

Zhao Junsheng looked outside the hall, it was not dawn at this time, and he said, "Do you have something to do today?" ”

Shang Shuzuo's servant shot Dongfang Chen stood up first and said: "Recently, heavy snow has fallen in the Gyeonggi area for several days, but I am afraid that large-scale snowfall is also happening in other places, and the ministers and others are worried about the occurrence of snow disasters, and have issued a decree to let the local officials be on standby, and the officials in various places are not allowed to ask for leave and rest, and they must be ready for disaster relief and disaster relief at any time!" ”

"Qinghe is too guarded, Huang Huizhen is on the play, please allocate 600,000 yuan for river dredging and river reinforcement!"

"The ministers ask to build a mausoleum for His Majesty, and three million must be transferred from the inner treasury!"

"Yang Nandang, the former lord of Qiuchi and the king of Di, has arrived in Beijing for more than ten days, and has asked to meet His Majesty three times!"

Cui Hao stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, the generals of the six towns in the north and Xue An, the general of Zhengnan, have respectively written to request the allocation of military salaries, grain and supplementary ordnance in the first half of next year!" ”

"In view of the fact that most of the military system of our DPRK is a continuation of the previous dynasty, which is somewhat chaotic, and there are many shortcomings in the actual combat process, which is not conducive to command, many generals have written to suggest that the military system be rebuilt!"

After listening to these reports on military and political affairs, Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Okay, let's discuss them one by one!" Let's talk about the heavy snowfall in the sky recently, this matter cannot be ignored, the slightest carelessness may cause irreparable losses, for the lives and property of the people, whether it is the secretaries or local officials must have a strong sense of responsibility······ If there is a disaster in various places, Shangshutai must immediately report it and send someone to preside over the disaster relief! Dongfang Chen, what's the second thing? What did you do about it? ”

Dongfang Chen said: "Huang Huizhen, the Taishou of the Qinghe River, asked for the allocation of 600,000 guan for cleaning up the riverbed of the Yellow River and reinforcing the embankments along the river. The ministers thought that it was now the middle of winter, and it was snowing heavily in various places, and it was no longer suitable for river cleaning. ”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "When was the last time the river section of Qinghe County was dredged?" ”

Dongfang Chen turned his head to look at Shang Shutai's subordinate officials and asked, "Who is in charge of water conservancy?" ”

A middle-aged official stood up and replied tremblingly: "Xiaguan Water Resources Ministry Langzhong Qin Tao ······"

"Your Majesty asked you when was the last time the river section of Qinghe County was dredged?"

"This ······ This ······" Qin Tao couldn't answer, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Dongfang Chen drank violently: "Don't check it yet!" ”

"Yes, yes!"

Zhao Junsheng spoke: "Forget it, you have to go back for half an hour, and I and Zhuqing don't have time to wait for you." I won't punish you this time, and if you still can't answer the next time I ask about water conservancy, I won't punish you, so please resign yourself, and don't be embarrassed in my court! If the person who eats a line of food is not proficient in his craft, do you think you can still mix? ”

"The minister is ashamed, thank Your Majesty for his teachings, the minister must be diligent and hard working after he goes down!"

Zhao Junsheng pondered: "The dredging of Qinghe County is not in a hurry for a year or two, you can support them to strengthen the embankment, first send someone to investigate, see if they are really reinforcing the embankment, if it is true, let Qinghe County report the budget, and then allocate money as appropriate!" ”

"Yes!"

"As for the construction of the mausoleum, the Ministry of Industry can send someone to choose a site, and this matter is not in a hurry!"

In the next hour or so, Zhao Junsheng and his courtiers made decisions on some important military and political affairs on the spot, and put aside those that could not be decided for the time being, and then decided later.

"Your Majesty, there is one last thing, Yang Nandang has been in the capital for more than ten days, and he has written three times to ask for an audience! In addition, there are also Tuyuhun and Beiliang respectively sent envoys to pay tribute, and it stands to reason that His Majesty wants to summon them to meet them, and they can't be allowed to wait too long! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "Since this is the case, Xuan Yang Nandang, Tuyuhun envoys, and Beiliang envoys will enter the palace to meet you!" ”

The eunuch immediately shouted loudly and called these people into the palace.

While there was still some time, Zhao Junsheng and the ministers made a little news in the side hall, drank some tea, ate some snacks to fill their stomachs, and baked a fire to warm their bodies.

Half an hour later, the eunuch came to report that Yang Nandang, Tuyuhun and the envoys of Beiliang had gone to the palace gate to wait for the summons, and Zhao Junsheng immediately announced the summons and entered the main hall with the ministers to wait for these people to meet.

Under the leadership of the eunuch, Yang Nandang walked into the main hall together with the Tuyuhun envoy and the Beiliang envoy.

"The lord of Qiu Chi, Yang Nan, should pay a visit to Your Majesty!"

"Tuyuhun envoy Shiyin greets Your Majesty!"

"The envoy of the Northern Liang Kingdom, Fuqu Anzhou, greets Your Majesty!"

When Fang was resting in the side hall, Zhao Junsheng had already heard Li Ji introduce the identities of Shiyin and Fuqu Anzhou, who were the nephews of Mu Liyan, the king of Tuyuhun.

Zhao Junsheng also couldn't understand their language, but fortunately, there was a Wen Chen who was proficient in these three Chinese languages next to him as a translator, and he raised his hand: "Three people are free of courtesy!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Lord Yang was summoned by me, Shiyin and Fuqu An Zhou, I don't know what your lord sent two to see me?" ”

"So that Your Majesty may know that my king has sent his ministers to report to His Majesty, asking for tribute from his ministers, and asking for the protection of the Daqian Dynasty! This is the above table and the tribute list, please look at it! ”

The eunuch came over and took the table and the gift list, turned around and walked up the jade steps and handed it to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng looked at the table, it was written in Chinese characters, and the style could only be regarded as average, but as long as the meaning was clear.

Look at the gift list again: 30 horses, 300 sheep, and 10 pieces of white jade.

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said to Shi Yin: "Mu Liyan, the lord of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, can be called a minister and a tribute, I am very happy, but his tribute gift is too shabby!" ”

Shiyin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I don't have a lot of products in Tuguhun, and I really don't have anything to get a shot, please forgive your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng changed the subject: "I heard that you are Mu Liyan's nephew, so who is your father?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, my father is Shuluogan!"

Shuluo trunk? Zhao Junsheng was confused, he hadn't heard of it!

Secretary Lang Wang Jin walked over quickly and whispered a few words beside Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng asked Shiyin after listening: "It turns out that your father Shu Luogan is the eighth lord of Tuyuhun, and the current lord Mu Liyan is the eleventh lord, your Tuyuhun lord inheritance system makes me very confused, can you solve my confusion?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shi Yin agreed, and said: "So that Your Majesty will know that the inheritance of the first five generations of my Tuyuhun lord is the inheritance of the father and son, since the sixth generation of the lord of the country, he said before his death that our Tuyuhun can have today's situation, thanks to the mutual support between brothers, one arrow is easy to break, but twenty arrows together are not easy to break, so he passed the position of the lord of the country to his younger brother Wu Suti, and asked his sons to unite with each other and support their uncle to grow Tuyuhun together!" He also made a rule that from now on, if there is no younger brother who can inherit the throne of the country, he will pass the throne to his brother's son, which is the so-called passing on the nephew but not the son! ”

"Usuti is the youngest brother, he was defeated and fled to Nanliang and died there, and the countrymen let the son of the eldest brother of Usuti inherit the throne of the kingdom according to the rules, that is, my father Shuluogan! Later, before his death, my father passed the throne of the lord of the country to his uncle Ah Jackal, and Tuyuhun developed and grew under the rule of his uncle, and then he fell ill, and before he died, he gathered all his brothers and sons, and used the method of one arrow that is easy to break and twenty arrows that are not easy to break, and told his brothers and heirs that the first king abandoned his son and passed the throne to him, how could he selfishly pass the throne to his son Weidai? So he passed the throne to his younger brother Mu Bi, and later the youngest uncle Mu Liyan inherited the position of the lord of the country from his uncle Mu Bi! ”

Zhao Junsheng and the ministers and generals in the court listened to Shi Yin's introduction to the story of the succession of the lord of the Tuyuhun country are quite touched, no wonder Tuyuhun can be inherited for eleven generations without extinguishing, and other small countries around it have been destroyed one after another, and Tuyuhun has always stood still, this is not unreasonable, if the brothers can work together, no selfishness, no internal fighting, and unanimous externality, the power that can be condensed can be beyond imagination.

Tuyuhun was just a small tribe at the beginning, but after more than a hundred years, it has developed to this point, if the Central Plains Dynasty can work together like this, I am afraid that there is no country in this world that can compete with him.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "In this case, you are the first heir of the next Tuyuhun Lord?" ”

Shi Yin smiled: "Your Majesty misunderstood, although I am the oldest among the nephews of the lord of the country, I am not the most powerful, the most prestigious and powerful is Uncle Jackal's son Wei Dai, he is my cousin!" ”

"I see!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and immediately ordered: "Canonize Mu Liyan as the general of Zhenxi and the king of Xiping!" ”

Shi Yin hurriedly saluted: "On behalf of our lord, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" ”