Chapter 672: The Joy of Patrolling
Seeing Yinggao's expression, Feng Qing and Tian Yan looked at each other and smiled, knowing that he was softened by his two wives, of course, this is just Yinggao's love for his wife, if it was really Yinggao who directly said where he wanted to go, and then directly designated the two of them to follow, wouldn't it be meaningless?
"I heard that the people in the northern land of Yanzhao live in dire straits in the winter, so cultivation in this spring and summer is very important, plus I have told several agricultural supervisors before I set off for Seleuc, the land of Yanzhao is not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, and all the people there will not die because of lack of food, which is the basis for the health of the people of Daqin, I will go to the land of Yanzhao this time to have a look, to see if the grain cultivated by the people can supply their consumption in winter, If it doesn't match the situation reported by the officials of each county, hum ......"
This is indeed the fundamental purpose of Yinggao wanting to go to the north to see, the winter in the south is not cold, and the people will not be in danger of frostbite or freezing to death no matter what.
But the north is different, under the pressure of hunger and cold, and the people's houses themselves are not very warm, the consequences can be imagined.
This is what a Ming monarch should do, and although Yinggao has been on patrol several times before, no matter which time, it is for the people, or for Daqin.
"Since the monarch is for the people of my Great Qin, and now there is no war in my Great Qin, and there are Zuo Xiang and Taiwei and others in the court, so the two of us can naturally follow the monarch to go together, but I don't know ...... Gongzi."
"Childe is already able to walk and speak on his own, and he has not been separated from your mother since he was born, and the land of Yanzhao is not particularly far away from Xianyang, and it is not a cold winter now, so let him follow, just take a look at the world of Daqin, and see what the life of the people is like."
After Ying Gao said this, although Feng Qing was still a little reluctant to take his child out of the age of just a few years old, but Ying Gao's words made her unable to say anything to refute, although I don't know whether Ying Gao had the intention or didn't mean to say this, now Ying Gao only has this little son, let him go and see what Daqin's world is like, the meaning is of course self-evident.
In this way, after obtaining the consent of his two wives, Yinggao finally began to prepare for his trip to the north.
For Yinggao, going out on patrol is not a laborious thing, but a kind of thing that can relax his body and mind, he knew when he studied history in his previous life, no matter which dynasty the emperor is, the personality must be very weird, he was a little incomprehensible before, he has always thought that since you are the emperor, you have everything, what are you always doing in the extremes, isn't that a disease-free moan?
But now, Ying Gao has been sitting in this position for several years, and he finally knows that it is not for nothing that those emperors have very strange personalities.
This emperor is actually similar to those who go to work from 8 to 5 in the morning in later generations, every day is the court meeting, day after day, year after year, and then once there is something urgent, the officials and generals under the command don't care what you are doing, they will come to you directly in the middle of the night, if you ignore people, then I'm sorry, a faint hat will definitely not take long to buckle you down.
Under such pressure and boring life, it is understandable that the king's nightlife is richer, and the seventy-two concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards are probably formed under such pressure.
But Yinggao also knew that the reason why those emperors would cause such a situation was indeed because there were really no other good interests to cultivate in these times.
Of course, Yinggao is different, because he knows a lot of things that many people in this era don't know, of course he won't get any seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, in that case, it can indeed make you have a lot of things to do when you are free, and everyone understands the reasons.
But the body is the capital of everything, this hard truth Yinggao is also deeply experienced, if you really fill the harem, it is indeed a moment of coolness, but the body can't bear it, Yinggao itself is not a strong general, the two ladies have made him feel that he is not so calm, if he gets a dozen, he seriously doubts that he will not live the average age of this era.
So, Yinggao blocked some low-level interesting things in his heart, and after shielding these, Yinggao naturally thought of another thing he was very willing to do in his previous life, that is, travel.
In this era, there is no word for tourism, and the common people can't travel casually without approval and legitimate reasons, but Yinggao is different, he is the rightful emperor of Great Qin, he still has this privilege, he wants to travel, as long as it is a little different, isn't that a patrol?
In this way, not only can I appreciate the great rivers and mountains of various places in the Central Plains in this era, but also see whether the officials in various places are working well and whether they are doing their duties well.
Of course, this is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, not to mention Yinggao's own fun, the people still have to praise Yinggao for being a Mingjun, of course, people are originally a Mingjun, otherwise Daqin would not have developed into such a good situation now, right?
Yinggao has actually completely thought about it on the way back, and for a long time in the future, he will spend it in such a rhythm, all the counties of Daqin, he will go at least once, and some places that he thinks are good, he may go again, or even several times.
Of course, there is a prerequisite for him to do this, that is, Xianyang City is as stable as Mount Tai, and there will be no changes because of his absence for a few months, to say that when Yinggao just became the emperor of Great Qin, he was still a little worried about this and understandable, but at this time, if he is worried about the instability of the government when he leaves, it is his hypocrisy, and the old Qin nobles who had a little opinion on him before have almost all retired in recent years, Even if some of the descendants of those people are in the court of Great Qin, they are no longer an important official position, Yinggao will not do those things that are beaten to death with a stick, but he will gradually let those so-called nobles who have no talent fade out of the court of Great Qin.
This time when he went to the land of Yan Zhao, Yinggao still did not inform the county guards and county orders there in advance with great fanfare, but still only brought the two hundred guards under Tian Yan's command, as well as the Zhu family and several Yinggao-related officials.
The affairs in the court are naturally handed over to Xiao He, but this time Xiao He's partner has been replaced by the young Han Xin, although Taiwei is the boss of the generals, but according to Yinggao's instructions, after he leaves, Han Xin will definitely follow Xiao He to deal with Daqin's government affairs, although Xiao He is not very old now, but it is always good to let the young man take on some things a little more.
It took three or five days to prepare, Yinggao set off on a breezy morning, and the officials who came to see each other off were very few, all of them were some of Yinggao's absolute cronies, as for the other officials, when they knew that Yinggao went out on patrol, Yinggao overestimated that they had walked out of Xianyang City for a long time, although the territory of Daqin is now a very stable scene, but according to Yinggao's thoughts, carelessness must not be careless, once careless, you don't know how you will die, Then I don't know who I made a wedding dress for this large piece of hard work.
This time, Yinggao only has one guide, that is, Zhao Gang, who has lived in Xianyang City for a while, but is very anxious to return to the small village in the hometown of Yan Kingdom.
Of course, Yinggao will not follow the normal routine of patrolling, his first stop is not the county seat, nor the county seat, but the small village that Zhao Gang wants to go back to.
And Yinggao directly told Zhao Gang not to take it to the place where he passed by the city, they would take the road all the way, and the time was not a problem, and if they detoured, they would take a detour.
Although the vigilance of the Zhu family and many guards was still very high before, they were afraid that if Zhao Gang and him took them into some trap, they asked Zhao Gang about the route he wanted to take a long time in advance, and then sent some people to the road to open the way, but it turned out that Zhao Gang really did not want to fool Yinggao, and after exterminating the anti-Qin forces in the land of Yan Zhao, I don't know how many years ago, the army of Great Qin had repeatedly searched this area, and these Zhu families all knew. Therefore, the possibility of anti-Qin forces remaining here is very small.
Along the way, although Yinggao and his party also brought a lot of meals from Xianyang City, basically only Feng Qing and Yinggao's little son, who had never come out much, were eating the meals they brought out, and the others, including Yinggao, let the guards buy where they went along the way, although for Yinggao it was indeed incomparable with the food in his Xianyang Palace, but there was one thing, these foods could let him know what kind of life the people of Daqin were living now, And these are impossible for Ying Gao to know because he looks at those things that are reported from all over the world in Xianyang Palace.
Of course, the meals in these places sometimes bring some surprises to Yinggao, and once he finds something he thinks is delicious, he will ask the guards to record it, so that he can return to Xianyang City and ask the chef in Xianyang Palace to make it for him.
Sometimes, when they passed by a forest, Yinggao would ask the guards to go into the forest to find some fruit to eat.
Along the way, Yinggao has deeply felt the benefits of this era compared with the later generations, those expensive fruits in the later generations, here are even some things that the people are not even willing to try, this era only recognizes things that can make people eat well, and the fruits, which are basically water, are still quite unpopular with the people of this era.
In this process, Ingolia has been reflecting on a question, that is, whether it is an era that creates the people who live in this era, or a group of people who create the era in which they live. He only knew that if Daqin didn't have his own arrival, he could only be ruthlessly crushed by the wheel of history.
Zhao Gang still knows the path to Xianyang City very well, plus this time Yinggao only brought two hundred guards, and there was not a large team, so everyone took a shortcut all the way to the land of Yan Zhao.
After arriving at the hometown of Yanguo, Yinggao found a problem at that time, and the life of the people here is not much worse than that of the people of Xianyang.
Under Zhao Gang's introduction, Yinggao finally knew that it was not that his various new policies did not play a role in such a place, but that the role of the new policies in the hometown of Yan was no smaller than that of any place, but there was one thing, that is, it was a little too poor before, and it was Yinggao who changed this place from a place where corpses starved to death everywhere in winter to this place where people do not die of hunger.
Being able to eat enough and not starve to death can already make the people in the northernmost part of Daqin feel very satisfied, which Yinggao had never thought of before.
Of course, this is not the fault of the officials here, if there are no them, Yinggao will not be able to land in this place no matter how many new policies there are, but if Yinggao doesn't ask about such a scene, there will definitely not be any official who has nothing to say in the court, if this is said, isn't it giving Yinggao eye medicine?
Ying Gao sighed slightly, while observing the scene he could see, while thinking in his heart, how to make all the people of Daqin under his rule live a good life, anyway, at this point, he is just the beginning of the dish, and next, there is still a long way to go.
Despite this, there are also places that make Yinggao feel gratified along the way, that is, even if it is the land of Yanzhao, you can often see the figures of the merchants of the Peacock Dynasty on the road, and there are many things that can be seen on behalf of them, if you can't sell anything when you get to this place, the merchants of the Peacock Dynasty will not come, so this shows that there are still some people here who can buy some rare items, which is stronger than the whole being very poor, at least Yinggao understands it this way.