The New Year is approaching, and the people of Chang'an City have begun to buy New Year's goods. []

Although Yongzhou has just experienced a major turmoil, Chang'an City is safe and sound. For those great families, the attack of the Hu people only saved them a year's harvest. These families are rich in heritage, and if they lose a year's harvest, they will not hurt their muscles and bones, how should they live this year, and how should they live.

And for ordinary people, in this troubled era, it is worth celebrating to be able to live, especially when the Hu people were driven away and will not come again for many years in the future, and people have begun to prepare to celebrate to survive.

At this time, the first batch of Di people had also arrived in Yongzhou.

There were not many people coming, only 2,000 people, all of them were strong guys, and the main task of these 2,000 people coming to Yongzhou was to build new houses for the people who moved later.

In the Weiyang Palace.

In front of Adou stood four fourteen or fifteen-year-old young men, all four of them were dressed in the same way, all of them were dressed in gray robes, and there was a big Tai Chi pattern on the chest of the robe, and at the same time, all four of them were carrying swords.

These four people are the disciples of the Tai Chi sect under Ah Dou. All four of them lost their parents in the war, and were later adopted by the Tai Chi faction, after all these years of training, the four of them are also quite successful in martial arts, and more importantly, these four people are absolutely loyal to Adou.

Next to him, Jian Yong stood aside respectfully, looking at his nose and nose, and did not look at the four teenagers.

"Jian Aiqing, these four people, let's follow you in the future!" Adou said.

"Your Ministers obey." Jian Yong raised his head and looked at this. The four teenagers retreated again.

Jian Yong's face seemed calm, but the heart. but churned slightly.

Jian Yong was responsible for leading the spies who infiltrated the Wei and Wu states, and it was also the entire . One of the most secret departments of the Shu Kingdom, such a special department, the reason why Jian Yong was in command was because Liu Bei trusted Jian Yong.

Jian Yong also knows that now that Liu Bei has died of illness and the new emperor has ascended the throne, I am afraid it is difficult to compare. Liu Bei trusted himself like that before. It's also normal to put your own hands inside. It's just that this time is much earlier than Jian Yong expected.

As soon as Jian Yong retreated, Xiao Huangmen ran over and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Li Hui asks to see you." ”

"It's coming fast! Please come up! Adou said.

It's here now. At the end of the year, as is customary, at the end of the year, local officials should report to the imperial court. Li Hui, as the governor of Nanzhong, commanded several counties in the south of Yizhou, and the newly attached barbarians were also managed by Li Hui, so Li Hui had a great responsibility.

It has been more than a year since Nanban was annexed, so at the end of the year, Li Hui still took time out of his busy schedule to go to Chang'an to report the situation in Nanzhong to Adou.

After a while, Li Hui was ushered in, and there were two people beside Li Hui, one was wearing a thick animal skin jacket and a gold belt around his waist, it was the barbarian king Meng Huo; The other person was a middle-aged man, dressed in a gorgeous costume, and holding a large long box in his hand, this was Tang San, who was good at making hidden weapons.

Meng Shu is a little fatter and whiter than a year ago, and it can be seen that his recent life is very good. As for Tang San, he carefully held the long box in his hand. As for Li Hui, he was holding a thick pile of booklets in his hand.

"Your Majesty, this is Nanzhong's household register last year." Li Hui took a yellow-skinned booklet, and the eunuch took it and handed it to Adou.

"Your Majesty, according to preliminary statistics, the total number of households in South China increased by 100,000 last year!" Li Hui said.

"100,000 households? So much? Adou asked in surprise. Generally speaking, there are an average of five people in a Han household, and 100,000 households is 500,000 people, in this era, 500,000 people is a rather terrifying number, not to mention, this is only a year, and the number of households has increased by 500,000.

"Your Majesty, here's the thing, originally my Han only counted the population of Jianning, as for Yunnan, Qiqi, Yongchang and other counties, there are no statistics, and they are not counted in the household registration, these 500,000 people are only counted in Yunnan, Qiqi, Yongchang and other places." Li Hui said.

Adou nodded, in the entire southern and central regions of Yizhou, only the two counties of Zhu Ti and Jianning were within the actual control of Yizhou, and the rest of the places were inhabited by barbarians, and the hands of Han officials could not reach these places for the time being, so the population of these counties naturally could not be counted.

After the pacification of the Southern Barbarians, the five counties of Yongchang, Xinggu, Qiqi, Yuewang and Xinggu were included in the actual control of Yizhou, just counting the original population of these five counties, Yizhou can have an extra million people, but many of them are gathered in the mountains and forests, and the number of people cannot be counted, so Li Hui only counted 100,000 households after a year.

"Your Majesty, this is the tax ...... of Nanzhong last year" Li Hui handed over a notebook again.

Adou opened it slowly, just glanced at the numbers on it, and put down the booklet. Compared to the increase in population, we can't afford to gamble on the tax revenue in the southern and central regions. After all, the people who lived in Nanzhong before were all barbarians, with low productivity and naturally few taxes. At present, the main source of finance in Nanzhong still depends on various mineral resources.

"Li Aiqing, thank you for your hard work."

"The minister is terrified." Li Hui hurriedly bowed his head and replied.

"By the way, Tang Aiqing, what is in that box you are holding in your hand?" Adou asked.

There are many rare ores in Nanzhong, but because Nanzhong has always been the territory of the barbarians and the forbidden area of the Han people, the mineral resources of Nanzhong have not been opened.

After the Nanban was annexed, the minerals in Nanzhong would naturally be opened, and Tang San had already set his sights on those rare minerals in Nanzhong, but the Han Dynasty had a monopoly on salt and iron, and Tang San could only look at it greedily. At this time, Adou recruited Tang San as an official, and Tang San also took advantage of the situation and went to Nanzhong to devote himself to the research and development of new weapons.

Tang San has been in office for more than a year, and he has not come up with any new works, and now, when Adou sees this long box, he has already guessed that this should be the weapon that Tang San has newly researched.

Sure enough, hearing Adou Culture, Tang San stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is a blade created by Chenxin, which is made of iron ore mined by Nanzhongxin, quenched into steel, and made. ”

Tang San said, opened the box, and saw that there was a knife inside, the knife had two blades, and the handle was four feet long, which looked very similar to the horse cutting sword used by the Yulin Army during the Martial Emperor period.

Adou stepped forward, took the knife, and looked at it carefully. And Tang San explained from the side: "Your Majesty, when Emperor Wu fought against the Huns, the Yulin Army used a horse sword to fight the Hun cavalry, and the minister imitated the horse sword to create this knife, this knife has a double edge, which is not only conducive to horse warfare, but also conducive to foot combat!" ”

Tang San said and pointed to the blade, and then said, "Your Majesty, look at this blade......"

Adou took a closer look, and saw that there were serrations on the blade, and the sawtooth was very small, and it was impossible to see it if he didn't look carefully.

"Your Majesty, this blade is specially designed to be jagged. Generally, the blade is flat, so after a long time, it will slowly become dull and not sharp enough. But the serration is still razor-sharp even after decades of use. Tang San continued.

Adou swung his knife violently, and a gust of wind flew by. Adou couldn't help but praise: "Good knife!" ”

Adou's fingertips flicked the back of the knife, and a crisp sound flickered, and then Adou asked: "This jagged blade is very good, but it should be very complicated to build!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is that to create this serrated blade, you need a skilled blacksmith. But without this aliasing, it's much easier to build. Tang San said this, thought slowly, and then said, "Your Majesty gave me a hundred blacksmiths, and I can build thirty in one day." ”

Thirty swords a day, three hundred swords in ten days, and three thousand swords can be created in a hundred days, although it is much slower than ordinary blades, but it is not bad. What's more, this kind of knife can't be used by just a straggler. This kind of knife is made of stainless steel, and it must be handed over to the elite troops for use, and the output of more than 10,000 knives a year can be regarded as okay.

……

On the New Year's Day, Adou feasted his ministers again, and at the same time, two things were announced.

The first thing was to move the capital to Chang'an.

Liu Bei ascended the throne in Chengdu back then, so Chengdu has always been the capital of Shu Han. After Liu Bei captured Chang'an, he already planned to make Chang'an the capital of the Han Dynasty. Compared to Chengdu, Chang'an is much better. Although Chang'an changed hands several times after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and was repeatedly affected by wars, after all, it was the western capital of the Han Dynasty, and the old foundation was still there.

Another point is that now that the Shu army has occupied the entire Guanzhong region, the strategic focus in the future will definitely be on Guanzhong in the north, so it is necessary to move the capital to Chang'an.

For the relocation of the capital to Chang'an, no one is surprised. Before, whether it was Liu Bei or Adou, they had already worked in the Weiyang Palace, and most of the ministers had arrived in Chang'an, and all that was missing from Chang'an was an edict, as long as the emperor's edict was issued, the move to the capital would be considered a success.

Now, with Adou's move, the name of Chang'an, the national capital, has also been decided.

And the second thing is that Zhuge Liang has already chosen a date for Adou to marry the two queens.

After the emperor was established, it was a happy event. Moreover, this family affair was set by Liu Bei back then, so naturally no one raised objections, and after the matter was announced, the court was full of voices of praise and virtue.

The emperor's wedding, naturally there are special people to handle, the history of the Han Dynasty for more than 400 years, there are many records about the emperor's wedding, after all the news came out, the official of the ceremony quickly sent a specific and detailed plan to Zhuge Liang's table, from the beginning of the fasting and bathing to worship the ancestors, until the wedding, all the matters are listed in detail.

The celebrant only manages the part of the wedding, and the part after the wedding ceremony belongs to the eunuchs in the palace.

After the wedding was completed, it was natural to enter the cave room, and the emperor's favored concubines had always been managed by eunuchs. For example, which concubine the emperor blessed on what day must be carefully recorded.

The concubines of status in the imperial palace had their own exclusive palaces, and the emperor himself had a residence. The emperor could choose to live with a concubine, or he could choose to live with a concubine in his own dormitory.

But now, these eunuchs in the Weiyang Palace have encountered a ** annoyance.

Everything can be done according to the ancient system, even if everyone has not experienced it, but the books left by the predecessors are still well documented. But the key thing is that today's Adou has to marry two palaces at a time.

In the past, the emperor married the queen and married one, but now Adou married two at once, and the wedding ceremony could barely be arranged, but the cave room after the wedding could not be arranged.

Both of them are queens, and it stands to reason that regardless of size, it is a big problem to arrange the emperor to have a room with whom. The parents of the two queens are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, both of whom cannot afford to offend. It is not appropriate to arrange which of the two queens comes first and who comes last.

If you arrange for the two queens to cave together and have a dragon and two phoenixes, it can also be solved. But if it spreads, it will have a great impact on Adou's reputation, and this dragon drama and two phoenixes are easily associated with being absurd. Therefore, the eunuchs did not dare to arrange this matter of dragon drama and two phoenixes.

This can be a hurry, and the yellow door is redundant and servant. Now the biggest eunuch in the palace is the redundant servant of the Zhonghuang Gate, and he arranges the affairs of the emperor's cave room. Although Zhonghuangmen was in a dilemma, he did not dare to consult with other ministers. For example, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others are all foreign ministers, and foreign ministers are mixed with the affairs of the inner palace, and they are not in line with etiquette.

Zhonghuangmen had no choice but to issue a reward order, and the eunuchs, palace maids, and grandmothers in the palace, as long as anyone can solve this problem, the bounty is fifty.

……

It was getting dark outside, and the middle yellow door walked into the room with a slight sigh. There are still three days before the emperor's wedding, but he has not yet arranged this cave room.

Zhonghuangmen touched his neck with a servant, this emperor marrying the queen, if he can't do it, he will definitely lose his head. And if there is an omission and the emperor is unhappy, his official position will not be kept.

"Someone, pour me a cup of tea!" The old eunuch shouted, but no one answered.

"Someone, someone! Where have all the people died? The old eunuch looked out of the house, and now there was no half a figure outside.

These eunuchs and palace ladies are all clever, knowing that the old eunuchs are now worried about the emperor's wedding, and they are in a troubled mood, so they all hide far away, for fear of touching the mold. And the old eunuch has been in the palace for many years, and how many intrigues he has experienced, and he understands this truth after thinking about it carefully.

"A group of useless things, the adults who follow me on weekdays are grown up and short, and when they use you, they are all gone!" The old eunuch slapped the table angrily.

"Adult, little one is here!" A voice came from outside, and the old eunuch looked up, and now there was a little eunuch with clear eyebrows standing outside.

"Well, you kid is a little familiar, what's your name?"

"Adult, little Huang Hao." Huang Hao came to the old eunuch with a smile and said, "My lord, are you still worried about Your Majesty's wedding?" ”

"En......"

"My lord, the little one has an idea."

"Huh? You have an idea, say it! As long as you can solve the problem in front of you, we will reward you with 50 gold! The old eunuch said eagerly.

"Hehe, it's a small matter to share worries and solve problems for adults!" Huang Hao said, came to the old eunuch, and chattered in a low voice.

"Well...... Kindness...... Not bad...... Well, great idea! Listening to Huang Hao's words, the old eunuch stood up suddenly: "Hehehe, you kid is clever, come up with this good idea, by the way, what's your name?" ”

"Little Huang Hao."

"Well, yes, Huang Hao, from tomorrow onwards, you will follow our family!"

……

Weiyang Palace, today is an auspicious day, and a grand wedding is being held for Adou in Weiyang Palace. All officials of the DPRK and China and celebrities from Chang'an were present.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said......" The eunuch's shrill voice resounded in the hall, and the officials in the hall listened carefully.

"Look, Your Majesty will definitely give amnesty to the world again."

"That is, such a great joy will naturally be amnesty for the world."

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the eunuch to read the part of the amnesty to the world.

After the eunuch finished reading, he retreated, and Adou said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day of my great joy, and I also want to take advantage of this day to announce some things and read the edict!" ”

The eunuch picked up another edict and began to read it, and the content of the reading was that the official position was changed to nine grades and eighteen grades.

After the edict was read, the courtiers in the hall began to discuss.

"Is this nine-grade system similar to Wei Wei's nine-grade zhongzheng system?"

"I don't think so, didn't you hear it just now, officials are divided into nine grades and eighteen grades, and even Yulu is calculated like this."

"Then you say, will our money become more or less?"

"I don't know, but when it comes to it, I'll probably be one level older than you."

The courtiers discussed for a long time, and now this official has been changed to nine grades and eighteen levels, which will not have much impact, how big the official was originally everyone, how big the official is after the change, how much power is in the original hand, and how much power is still in the hands of a changer.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections to these nine grades and eighteen levels?"

Everyone, you look at me, and I look at you, and there are no words. After all, today is the emperor's day of great joy, even if he opposes it, he can't pick this time.

"Okay, if you have no objections, then it's decided, come on, and continue to read ......"

The official eunuch then read it, and the rest of the content was to reform the six departments.

This time, after the edict was read, the ministers did not start the discussion as they had just done, and everyone quieted down and began to recall the words in the edict just now.

At this time, many people are still counting on their fingers, which are the six, and more people are calculating the gains and losses.

However, Adou didn't give the courtiers below a chance to think about it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there should be no objections! Well, Prime Minister, do you have any objections? ”

"There is no objection to the minister!" Zhuge Liang immediately stood up and said.

"Taifu, Taiwei, what about the two of you?"

"There is no objection to the minister!" Pang Tong and Zhang Song spoke.

"General, what about you?"

"Obey the Divine Command." Guan Yu also stood up.

"Okay, since that's the case, this matter is decided!"