14. The ship enters Panyu City
At this time, Lu Zhen thought about it, and said that this is fine, at least it can stop the vicious expansion of the inner library, "Then I will write a letter of discussion to the Holy Lord." ”
Gao Yue raised his hand, and then said, "Lu Jiu, you don't have to worry, I still have to say it to the emperor personally." ”
Several prime ministers were very surprised, saying that now for the emperor, the internal inventory is an extremely sensitive topic, in addition, the scope of the prime minister's management is the Zhongshu Sect and the South Ya, the emperor's general scope of activities is in the Forbidden Yuan North Division, the two rarely intersect, our relationship with the emperor, far less intimate than the Hanlin bachelor and the Zhongguan, so if the emperor does not take the initiative to mention this matter, where will I wait for the opportunity to say - and from the current situation, the emperor has always been secretive about the problem of the inner treasury!
Gao Yue picked up the food chopsticks again, and just said very flatly, this is not in a hurry, a certain person should look for a suitable opportunity to discuss this matter with His Majesty.
"Then I will wait for the news of Yisong." Lu Zhen was very moved and said.
But Gao Yue knew very well in his heart, he knew that the emperor would take the initiative to come to him sooner or later.
Sure enough, in the past few days, the emperor always looked restless in the Zichen Palace, the Jinluan Palace, or the Bath Palace.
During this time, the emperor was first angry, thinking that if Gao Yue didn't discuss with me, I would tell the Hanlin Bachelor, so he asked Wei Zhiyi, Li Jifu, and Wei Cigong to take turns to talk to him about how the war between Lingnan and Zelu should be fought, but even Li Jifu could only say, I am just a bachelor, and it is my duty to draft the edict.
The shrewd Li Jifu knew that he could say it before, but now Wei Zhiyi and Wei Cigong in the courtyard are Gao Yue's pro-party, and if he wants to say something stupidly that shouldn't be said, Gao Yue will take the handle and offend the Zhongshu Shilang It will also be very uncomfortable.
If there is no way, the emperor wants to talk to the lieutenant again, but most of the lieutenant officials can let them do specific affairs, and if it really involves strategic planning, there are very few responders.
In the end, the emperor could only send a document to Lingnan first, according to what the prime ministers said, Du You's official residence was in his original position, and he did not need to enter the service again within two years, and led the three armies of Jinglue, Qinghai, and Pingbo, and focused on quelling the rebellion.
A month later, Du You, who was sitting in the Qinghai Building in Panyu, Guangzhou, wore a tube hat and a white shirt and casual clothes, sitting in front of the case, his wife and concubine burned incense and served on all sides, and was annotating the "Guanzi", and on the bookshelf behind him, there were mountains of manuscripts, which were the "General Dictionary" that Du You was writing at the same time.
One of the concubines, Qiong Zhi, jokingly asked Du You, "Xianggong, is this book written by Guan Zhong?" ”
Du You also replied with a smile, no, it was just done in the name of the Han people in the name of the fake trusteeship of Yiwu.
"How?"
"Haha, this book is called Huan Gong everywhere, but Guan Yiwu died before Huan Gong, how to use the name of Huan Gong, it must be a forgery."
"Since it's a forgery, why should the prime minister make a note?"
"I'm a Tang Han, so the heart skills, heroism, governance, monarchs, and the art of war in the Guanzi book are all needed by the world, so I note it."
"But the concubine heard the Confucian scholars say that the study of scriptures is to use the knowledge of ancient times to save the affairs of the world."
"Confucianism is thick and ancient and thin to the present, I am different, I like the present and not the ancient." Du You replied nonchalantly.
At this moment, the military government got the document of the imperial court, and it was very clear that all the income of the five Lingnan mansions was given to Du You as "money to keep the envoy", but there was also a clear task, a period of two years, to pacify the chaos.
Hearing this, Du You smiled with satisfaction and said, I owe Gao Yisong a favor this time, no, there will be a large number of artillery and ammunition from the sea to Panyu City soon. After speaking, Du You got up in his clothes and continued to his wives and concubines, you see, Gao Yue and Wei Gao, in the war against Xifan, have used a large number of cutting-edge guns, and they are invincible. It is not created by the wisdom of today's people, so it is not unreasonable for this way to "be present and not ancient".
Soon, following the imperial court documents, is from several artillery bureaus before the forging of firearms (originally intended for the army in the west), constipation, loaded by the imperial court's exclusive ships, first along the Bianshui, and then arrived at Yangzhou City to the sea, when to Mingzhou Port, there was a short stay, after the supply was completed, seeing that the wind on the sea was calm, together with rice and grain cloth, with the sea ship and then sailed to the inner harbor of Panyu City, the sailors on the deck, saw that there were large rice fields floating on the coastal water surface of Panyu City, I can't help but be amazed.
This rice field is actually called "Fengtian", and the residents of Guangzhou make up wooden frames, and then fill them with mud, and plant rice in them, like a boat floating.
This is the novelty of Panyu City.
Panyu City, the city is sandwiched between the two mountains of Panyu, the original residents are made of bamboo and wood, and later by Du You's innovation, only to build houses with terracotta tiles, since then the fire has been greatly reduced, later Du You is in the Qinghai Building to the south, the Panshan is chiseled flat, here built a larger Luo City, called "New South City", the mouth of the sea at the intersection of the three rivers is included with the city wall, if it is countless Fan ships, you can directly unload from the sea to the wharf of Sima Chong of Lanhu Lake, or by Sima Chong, and then enter the Xijiang River, Beijiang, go deep into the land to trade, In the west moat of the new southern city, a large piece of Fang Street was added, which was the "Fan Ke Fang", where merchants from the sea from Persia or other countries gathered here, and Du You asked the government office to collect various fees to enrich the military government.
When all the cannons supported by the imperial court arrived, Du You stood on the towering platform of Xinnancheng (for ships to shelter from the wind and rain).
Thousands of selected Qing Navy and Jinglu Army foot soldiers, as well as the Qiangnu servants of the Pingbo Army, were already wearing cotton clothes, tying leggings, and wearing bronze medals marking military ranks on their arms, just like the new armies of Tang Shence, Dingwu, and Fengyi.
"Test the gun!" At this time, Du You waved his hand and ordered.
The craftsmen and military schools that came with the Divine Thunder Gun and the artillery began to test fire, and soon there was a rumbling sound of gunsmoke.
On the decks of the ships moored on the lake, merchants, sailors, and travelers from all over the world were horrified, and one of the merchants of the Great Food wrote in his notes: "In this bustling port city, the Duke of the Empire, Barrick. Du is a dictator, the emperor gave him the power to kill and take away, Du is a nobleman, but also a scholar, but he is also a commander of the army, under his shrewd wrist, in just two or three years, not only the city is majestic and redundant, the military has also become extremely powerful - the infantry army has a new type of firearms, the navy has more than a dozen large ships, when Du knows that there is a rebellion of the indigenous barbarians in the state capital west of Lingnan, he can't wait to test the power of the new army, And go and seize the countless gold and silver deposits in the barbarian settlements. Truth be told, I have compassion for the ignorant barbarians and would like to pray for them before Allah. ”
However, the merchant failed to describe another attribute of Du You, that is, a skilled razor.