Compared with the emperors who have gone on tour in the past dynasties of the Silk Country, Liu Yan's approach is exemplary. Liu Yan did not publicly announce the news www.biquge.info of his upcoming tour, because in that case, the various prefectures and counties along the way must be prepared to take over, and the financial resources and manpower consumed during the period will be incalculable, so this trip will become a trip that costs the people and money, which is obviously unfavorable to the country of silk that has not yet recovered from the current economic situation.

Of course, the emperor's patrol can't be too shabby, especially the safety of the emperor himself must be guaranteed, in addition to Hao Mancai and Han Jianlong, who were recalled from the Northland Metropolitan Protectorate, Liu Yan also brought 3,000 Imperial Forest Army, in addition to Ji Chongxin and Jinjier, two guard captains accompanying him. It is worth mentioning that Liu Yan also brought a concubine to accompany him, that is, the newly crowned Concubine Gong Lu Yu.

Lu Yu, as the most favored woman by Liu Yan in the past two years, was crowned by Concubine Gong because she gave birth to the prince Liu Xin last year, which is enough to show that Liu Yan has a different view of her. You must know that in addition to the crown prince Liu Jie, Liu Yan has more than fifteen children, including six princes, but because he gave birth to a prince, he jumped from a noble person to a concubine is the only one who has jumped from a noble person to a concubine. This canonization is equivalent to a signal for those officials with a sensitive sense of smell, that is, in the emperor's harem today, the most favored woman is Lu Yu, and the emperor favors her even more than Mi Guifei.

Liu Yan's love for Lu Yu is indeed undoubted, but he also doesn't want the ministers to see that there are two mountains in his harem, so this time he took Lu Yu with him, not only because this move can show his love for Lu Yu, but also because Lu Yu's own martial arts are strong, comparable to a general, which is beneficial to the emperor's defense work, and more importantly, Lu Yu has just given birth to a prince, and Liu Xin is still in infancy, obviously he can't take the child with him. Therefore, after Liu Yan and Lu Yu left, Liu Xin must be raised by the current lord of the harem, Mi Guifei, which is equivalent to showing Liu Yan's attitude to the courtiers - Lu Yu may indeed be the most favored concubine, but Mi Guifei is the real master of the harem. The stable position of Concubine Mi is equivalent to the stable position of the crown prince raised by her.

Along the way, except for the consumables necessary for the team, Liu Yan was not allowed to contribute to all other expenses from the local state government, and all of them were paid by the palace, which also won him a good reputation in later generations. However, even if Liu Yan acted so low-key, when his team came to the territory under the jurisdiction of Shannan Province and saw Wang Hanxin who had come from afar to pick up the driver, he was still surprised.

In addition to the state-level officials, Wang Hanxin brought only a few retinues and about 20 personal soldiers around him, and all other necessary honor guards and personnel were not available, and even those state-level officials did not sit in sedan chairs, but all rode horses, and did not even bring an entourage.

Seeing this scene, even if Liu Yan can get by in his heart, he is a little unbearable on his face - no matter how Wang Hanxin says, he is also the head of the Shannan Road march, but the scale of his greeting is not even as good as some larger county orders, what kind of mood does this make his Royal Forest Army look at?

Riding a horse to Wang Hanxin, who was kneeling on the ground to pick up the driver, Liu Yan said lightly: "Wang Hanxin, which one are you singing?" Why did you bring these people? ”

Wang Hanxin said, raised his head and smiled, and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't want to bring more people to see the holy face, it's just because the minister has assigned designated affairs to grassroots officials at all levels, if they dare to leave these posts related to the national economy and people's livelihood and come to see them, then their heads will soon be separated from their bodies." As for the officials above the state level, most of the matters they had to deal with were not so urgent, so the ministers brought them in. The minister privately speculated that His Majesty did not want to see the worship of the mountains and tsunamis on this tour, and His Majesty was more concerned about the people's livelihood and suffering, so the minister felt that if His Majesty wanted to see it, he actually wanted to see the results of the minister's governance in the office, so His Majesty could naturally see it on the next road, so why should the minister mobilize the people to disturb the holy car? ”

Liu Yan smiled when he said this, and he pointed at Wang Hanxin with a horsewhip and said, "You kid is just going to be foolish, even if you say it is reasonable." Then you lead the way. ”

Wang Hanxin smiled and agreed, stood up, jumped on horseback, and walked at the front of the team.

After walking for two hours, at this time the people and horses were already tired and hungry, at this time Wang Hanxin pointed to the front with a horsewhip and said: "Your Majesty, not far ahead, the minister has been arranged, Your Majesty can rest there and eat by the way." ”

"That's very good." For Liu Yan, he was not too hungry, but he knew that the Imperial Forest Army was used to being pampered, and this trip had exhausted them enough, and they must have been hungry and thirsty at this time.

At first glance, the place where Wang Hanxin arranged to rest was a temporary loan from a large family, and although the place was not big, it was very elegant and clean. However, it was impossible to accommodate 8,000 Imperial Forest troops, and it could only be used for Liu Yan and the officials to rest for a while.

Immediately afterwards, when Wang Hanxin brought the arranged meal, Liu Yan was taken aback again: the meal arranged by Wang Hanxin for the Supreme of a Nation was only a pot of wine, a bowl of rice, a bowl of meat, a fish and two light vegetarian dishes.

Before Liu Yan could speak, there was already a commotion in the Imperial Forest Army outside the door. Liu Yan hurriedly got up and came outside to take a look, it turned out that the Imperial Forest Army outside the door was eating almost the same thing as himself, and there was one fish missing. Of course, these usually pampered guards refused to buy it.

Liu Yan glanced at Wang Hanxin beside him, and then said loudly to the Imperial Forest Army: "You don't have to make a noise. It's just a light meal. Even my imperial diet is the same as yours, I don't believe that you will know the truth when you come in and see it. ”

When Liu Yan said this, the Imperial Forest Army had nothing to say. After returning to the courtyard, Liu Yan couldn't help but blame: "Wang Hanxin, you are too hasty like this." I don't want luxury, but at least I have to be able to get by. You are the leader of the troops, so you naturally know that the quality of food is often the main reason for the mutiny in the army, and these soldiers do manual work, and if they don't eat well, it will be a mess. ”

Wang Hanxin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. This meal is naturally not as good as His Majesty's usual diet, but the meal prepared by the minister for the Imperial Forest Army is several levels higher than that of the soldiers in our army. In addition to filling their stomachs every day, these soldiers of the ministers could only eat a meal of meat in three days, and only drank wine after winning the battle. Nowadays, the old system is being reformed everywhere in Shannan Province, and the financial situation is very tight due to various projects and military supplies in the state capital, so not only soldiers, but also officers at all levels are subject to the food standards of soldiers. The minister had inspected all parts of Shannan Province, and the people in the poor places were still hungry and poorly clothed, and the minister really could not watch these people live like this, so he had to cut down on food and clothing everywhere, and do something great for the people as soon as possible that could make them rich, so as to change the current situation of Shannan Province. If the people's dinner table generally has wine and rice, fish and meat, then it is a delicacy that is difficult to find in the world, and the people will compete to offer it to Your Majesty, which is really much better than being offered to Your Majesty by ministers. ”