Chapter 1088: The Princes Look North (I)
At the beginning of October, winter began to fall in various places, and at this time it was taboo to expose the army outside, and Zhao Wuxian also collected troops from Xudi and returned to Pengcheng. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
He passed through the Song Kingdom several times in the past, but he had never been to Pengcheng, some time ago in order to pursue the husband, and there was no time to coil here, this time he returned, Zhao Wuxian came to be interested, so accompanied by Ran Qiu and others, walked along the city, and took a good look at this "Great Peng Country".
"Ziyou, do you know, what is the ancient name of this Pengcheng?"
Ran Qiu has been following Zhao Wuxian's side, he was very studious when he was in Confucius, known for political affairs, versatile, and very familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty, and immediately replied: "The ancient name of Pengcheng is Zhuolu, which is the place where the legendary Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fought. ā
"Zhuolu is in Pengcheng, the capital of the Yellow Emperor." After returning to the Spring and Autumn Period, because of the proximity to the ancient period, Zhao Wuxian had a better understanding of that foggy history, for example, few people in the world thought that Zhuolu was in the remote north of Hebei, but that Zhuolu was near Pengcheng.
Think about it, how could the tribal alliance that arose from the south run to the southern foot of Yanshan after the ancient eastern kingdom of Taihao Shaohao weakened?
Therefore, this Pengcheng has a long history, since the Yellow Emperor period is a place where soldiers must fight, the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou war laid the ancient history, and now Zhao Wuxian and Fu Cha fought here, but also laid the history of the hegemony of the world.
Zhao Wuxian walked on the slightly crippled city wall, chatting with Ran Qiu without a word, but with his keen mind, how could he not see that Ran Qiu was actually sullen behind his forced smile? And when he was talking to Zhao Wuxian, he was still distracted from time to time, looking at the inner city, thoughtful.
Wuxian knew what he was thinking, so he suddenly stopped, accentuated his voice, and said to Ran Qiu: "Ziyou? ā
"Yui!" Ran Qiu woke up from his contemplation, but when he saw Zhao Wuxian's face of regret, he sighed at him and said: "The cause and effect of the battle of Pengcheng, the widows all obeyed what the military Sima said. Sima Ziniu was too stubborn, and in the end, the widow was also very sad. Will you feel ashamed of him? Can you be resentful of the widow? ā
Ran Qiu was shocked, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "How dare the subordinate have such thoughts? ā
Actually, there is still a point.
Most of the disciples of Confucius were poor friends, and they were once like brothers. However, Ran Qiu was said by Confucius because he took refuge in Zhao Wuxian and helped him "perversely", "If you are not a disciple, the kid can beat the drum and attack him!" He was expelled from Confucius, and he had nowhere to tell the grievances in his heart, he was already very depressed, and now he was equivalent to forcing his senior brother to death, and he was also his former friend Sima Geng, and the pressure in his heart was a little greater, so he didn't belong to his thoughts.
But fortunately, that little resentment has not yet turned into anger and hatred.
Although Ran Qiu is now the general of the Lu State, and the nominal obedient head of the family is Zhao Cao, Zhao Cao is young and weak, and everyone knows that their real lord is Zhao Hou Wuxian. Although Zhao Guohe and the core are in Hebei, they also have a strong control over Lu State, and Yecheng can point fingers at Qufu for local appointments, military transfers, and even death sentences.
Learning and excellence is Shi, the little disciple Zhang is right, Ran Qiu tried his best to learn, but he was depressed, until Zhao Wuxian came to Lu State, he began to soar, Ran Qiu was very grateful. He has struggled for half his life to get to his current position, how can he give up completely because of a little thing?
He had already made a choice from the time he attacked Sima Geng, so at this time, Ran Qiu was a little panicked, knowing that it was his attitude that made Zhao Hou unhappy.
Zhao Wuxian did not embarrass him, and personally helped him up and commended him for his meritorious service. It is said that he has been guarding in Lu for many years, and this time the battle of Tang commanded a great victory, and the attack on Pengcheng also broke the city within a limited time, ending the war, and he made great contributions and should be rewarded.
"Next year, Lu State will also implement the twelve-rank lord system like Zhao State, and the son will be able to get the honor he deserves, as well as the ...... of fiefdom."
Even Ran Qiu, when he heard the word fiefdom, he was still inexplicably excited.
Fiefdom and confer on the people is the dream of scholars in this era.
Ran Qiu's teacher, Kong Qiu, traveled around as a Han scholar to find the Ming Jun in his mind. In the end, due to the situation, he was ranked as the great uncle of the Lu country, but even so, he failed to get the size of the land.
After Zhao Wuxian became the ruler of the Lu State, he was also very strict with the fiefdom, and even Zhang Mengtan, who was the first contributor to the Lu Dynasty, shirked the fiefdom and replaced it with household tax and Yulu land, let alone others.
Now, after paying the price of being spurned by his master, Ran Qiu finally got what he wanted......
For a while, the feeling of nostalgia exceeded the grievances and regrets, and Ran begged to say goodbye, grateful.
At the same time, seeing that there were no Nanzi's cronies on the left and right, he also plucked up his courage and admonished Zhao Wuxian: "Prince, there is a sentence that I have been holding in my heart for a long time, since the rebellion of the Five Princes more than ten years ago, the Song State was ruled by the Le clan and the Huang clan together, and there was nothing to do, but there were more witches and ghosts and heavenly Taoism, which made the situation in the Song Kingdom more and more complicated. Ran Qiu had the courage to say that if there were no Heavenly Dao witches and ghosts, this battle would not have been fought, and Ziniu might not have to die......"
As he spoke, Ran begged a forty-year-old man, his eyes were red, and the sorrow in his heart these days turned into heartfelt words, and he vomited quickly.
Zhao Wuxian's face sank like water, he stood on the city wall with his hands behind his back, listened quietly, and said after half a sound: "The widow knows." ā
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Zhao Wuxian should have been in a good mood when he won a big victory in the south, but he couldn't be happy when he thought of what Ran Qiu had said to him at the risk of angering him.
"Uncle......"
Zhao Wuxian turned around, but saw Le Yu obediently composing behind him.
"It's coming." Because of his kinship, Zhao Wuxian has always called his name affectionately, and Le Yu is also very willing to listen to the call of this elder, and the retainers dare not teach him a lesson, but his uncle can raise his hand and knock on his head, which makes him feel like a "father".
Today, Zhao Wuxian suddenly summoned him, Le Yu hurriedly put down the matter at hand, and respectfully bowed from afar: "Uncle called the boy, I don't know what happened?" ā
Zhao Wuxian cordially greeted Le Yu to his side, and he regarded this wife and nephew as a parent on the surface.
"The official who asked you to find Pengcheng asked about the past years, but did you ask?"
Le bowed his head and said: "The official said that Pengcheng originally had nearly 10,000 households and 60,000 mouths, which was only a little less than Shangqiu, but now it is ......."
His words stopped, and his gaze moved to the suburbs at the foot of Pengcheng, since he was forced by Zhao Wuxian to execute Huang Yuan, fifteen-year-old Le Yu suddenly became an adult, the usual cheerfulness on his face in the past was gone, and as far as his eyes could see, in addition to the beauty and wonders, there were many more things that he had ignored in the past.
Pengcheng was originally a metropolis in the eastern part of the Song Kingdom, but because of the war, there were few farmers in the fertile fields, and the distant townships were sparsely populated.
Zhao Wuxian was very satisfied with this, compared to his father who didn't learn and didn't know how to learn, Zhao Wuxian felt that this son could barely take on a little responsibility, so he also deliberately supported him.
"Pengcheng was originally densely populated, but now it is ten rooms and five empty, many of the Zhuyi passed through when I returned to the teacher are empty, only the old and weak, not the young and strong, some even do not have a figure, only see the weeds in the room, the fox and rabbit are infested. Alas, Pengcheng is like this, you can know what happened to Mangdang Mountain and Xiaoyi, where war crimes were fierce. ā
Le Yu was also worried, but he also said optimistically: "Since the beginning of winter, many people have returned. ā
He was right, the road leading to Shangqiu was constantly being filled with ragged homeless people. In the winter of October, the weather is already slightly cold, fortunately, Zhao Wuxian and Le Yi have fox fur to keep warm, but after all, there are a few people who can wear fur sweaters and fur clothes, after the war, it is not easy for those who have no clothes and no brown to survive this long winter, so Zhao Wuxian has asked Le Yi to give food to help.
However, judging from the current situation, only some of them have returned, and many more people would rather hide in the mountains and forests than wait for the situation to completely stabilize.
After all, with Nanzi's character of retribution for his flaws, he has been encouraging Heavenly Dao Wu Zhu Suona to be a "traitor" these days, forcing them to recognize the rule of Zishang, and this kind of post-autumn reckoning is still spreading, as long as one person in a family does not believe in the way of heaven, the whole family will be questioned, and even the neighbors will be implicated.
"Therefore, although the war is peaceful, the people's will is still undecided...... There are some things that the widow has to do, and some people who have to beat and knock. ā
As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Wuxian also had an idea about the future of the Song Kingdom.
He put his hand on Le Qi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You, you are quite similar to your grandfather, you are a benevolent lord, Pengcheng is in urgent need of rest with the people and resume production after the war withered, the widow intends to let you move your fiefdom to Pengcheng and stay here, are you willing?" ā
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In late October, Zhao Wuxian returned to Shangqiu from Pengcheng.
Unlike Pengcheng, which was in ruins, Shangqiu was still the same, but Zhao Wuxian felt that the religious atmosphere in the city was a little stronger than when he came here five months ago......
He remained silent, and entered the Song Palace with the Yulin guards, and asked them to stop outside, and after a while, Nanzi came to see him in a hurry, holding the "Zishang" who was already one and a half years old in his arms.
"Junhou ......" Because of breastfeeding, Nanzi was a little plumper than before, and after taking off his witch robe in front of Zhao Wuxian, he showed a little more style.
As soon as they met, without saying a word, Nanzi asked for pleasure, and it wasn't until after finishing the matter that she laughed with Zhao Wuxian, she suddenly sobbed, her eyes were slightly red, and her expression was aggrieved, I don't know if it was because Zhao Wuxian returned from the expedition, or because of something else?
"Who bullied you?" Zhao Wuxian had a bottom in his heart, but asked pretending not to know.
"Who dares to bully a concubine?" Nanzi asked with a sneer, then put away her habitual aggressive posture, and said faintly: "If you want to bully, you will also be bullied by the prince." ā
After the love and sweetness ended, Nanzi quickly got to the point, she lay on Zhao Wuxian's pillow, and asked softly: "Concubine heard that the prince gave Pengcheng and the entire eastern part of the Song Kingdom to the Le family, is this matter serious?" ā
PS: "Shiben": "Zhuolu is in Pengcheng, the capital of the Yellow Emperor." ā
"Hanshu, Criminal Law Chronicles, Note", "Zheng said: Zhuolu is in the south of Pengcheng. ā
Historical Justice. "Zhuolu's real name is Pengcheng, the first capital of the Yellow Emperor, and there is a bear in the move."
Chapter 2 in the evening, thank you for accompanying July 2016 (to be continued. )