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- "Spring Snow in Qinyuan"

In the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of August.

Shanxi Province, Taiyuan Province.

Shanxi is located in the north, although the summer has not passed, but it is not so hot and dry. The wind from the northern steppes dissipates the summer heat, adds a touch of coolness to the air, and is a hint that this year's winter is likely to be even colder.

This is already the fourth month after the Ming Dynasty began the Northern Expedition at the end of March, and the general trend of the world has changed dramatically compared to the beginning of the Northern Expedition.

Since the Ming army recovered Youyan, the Mongol army retreated on all fronts, and the main Mongolian army, which was originally facing off against the main force of the Ming army in Qinshui, retreated north along the line of Taiyuan Prefecture, and soon gave up the line of Shizhou and Taiyuan Mansion that was originally taken effortlessly, and deployed troops in the area of Yanmen Pass and Qilanshui.

The Tianwu Army, which was originally near Yanmen Pass, saw that the main Mongolian army was coming violently, so it naturally retreated to Datong Mansion to the north, and no longer attacked the Mongolian Yanmen Pass defenders who even surpassed their own strength. Because summer is approaching, once the army goes to war, firstly, the morale is not high, and secondly, the requirements for grain, grass, summer medicine, etc. are very high, so whether it is the Ming army or the Mongolian army, it has been in a state of confrontation for more than a month, the Ming army does not move, and the Mongolian army naturally has no intention of dispatching.

After all, most of the soldiers of the Ming army are from the south, and they still have the power to resist in this hot weather, and the Mongolian army grew up on the steppe, so it is better to kill them in such weather. When Mongolia pressed the Southern Song Dynasty to fight, the Mongolian army generally did not take the initiative to attack in the summer, and even if the opponent changed to the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia's several active attacks were all in winter.

If it continues to drag on, judging from the time of day alone, it will naturally be beneficial to Mongolia.

But looking at the big picture, it's hard to say.

The Ming army regained Taiyuan Mansion for more than half a month, with the entry of officials at all levels, the entire Taiyuan Mansion has been restored to the state that a state capital should have, and the originally closed shops on the street have also opened one after another, and with the entry of southern merchants, teahouses, restaurants, tile houses and green buildings and other venues have sprung up one after another.

Taiyuan Mansion is the capital of the province in the end, and it is also the core of the Shanxi region that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, so it has regained its original prosperity in just half a month. The streets are bustling with traffic, and the shops are lined up one after another.

"Get out of the way!" There was a loud roar in the street, followed by the sound of horses' hooves in a storm.

After all, Taiyuan Mansion is now the garrison of the Northern Expedition on Daming East Road, and His Majesty the Emperor is there, so the military information is passed on at a gallop on the streets, so the local people are already familiar with such a scene, and they have avoided on both sides, which is very skillful.

"Child, my child!" At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the side of the road, and a woman rushed into the street, and hugged the child who was standing there motionless, and the child seemed to be frightened by the rapidly approaching cavalry, and only cried, but did not move.

Seeing that the cavalry was about to hit the child, the woman gritted her teeth in desperation to protect the child, and even if she did, she would hit her first. The surrounding people also obviously noticed the mother and son in the middle of the street at this time, and immediately let out an exclamation, but this exclamation was more regretful.

The discipline of the Ming army is strict, even in Taiyuan Mansion, where many large armies are stationed here, they have never heard of many violations of law and discipline, even if there are a few occasionally, the army has made serious deals, and there are even many public executions, in order to give the people a clear and fair explanation. This is also why Taiyuan Mansion can quickly recover its original vitality in a short period of time, after all, Taiyuan Mansion under the protection of the Ming Dynasty's strong army, even the most timid businessmen and ordinary people have confidence in its stability.

As long as it is not a special circumstance, it is impossible for the cavalry of the Ming army to rampage through the streets like this, and nine times out of ten it is because of the urgent military situation of 100,000, or something big is about to happen, so the generals of the Ming army are in a hurry to go to the palace. That is to say, behind the hurried journey of this group of cavalry, it is very likely that the victory or defeat of thousands or even tens of thousands of troops, and even more concerned about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people and countless towns in Shanxi.

The people all understand that this team of cavalry has a heavy responsibility, and it is a heavy responsibility related to everyone's life and death, so they will also take the initiative to avoid it, and now this pair of mother and son rushed to the street, even if they were hit by the cavalry, they can only blame them for their bad luck.

Looking at the war horse that was getting closer and closer, the mother also closed her eyes tightly and protected her child behind her. But after a long time there was no sound, and she reopened her eyes in surprise, only to find that the cavalryman in front of her was holding the horse, and the steed man stood up, and the horse's hooves shook over her head, and then fell heavily on one side of the ground.

"Don't want to die?!" The young general who led the team shouted loudly.

And the cavalry behind him were all concocted in the same way, and they stopped their horses one after another.

The surrounding people suddenly burst into cheers, obviously shocked by the excellent equestrian skills of this team of Ming army soldiers, and even more glad that this mother and son were able to save their lives in front of this galloping war horse.

"Master Jun, slave family······ This ······" The mother was obviously frightened, trembling and clutching the child, and was already incoherent.

"Stand down." A faint order suddenly came from among the cavalry, and the cavalry general, who was still furious, was stunned for a moment, and then took a step back. A young man in silver armor strode up to the mother and son, squatted down and smiled and rubbed the child's little head, the child apparently realized that he was safe, stopped crying, and only stared at the stranger with wide eyes and some curiosity.

"Let's buy two sugar gourds and eat them." The young man took out a handful of broken silver from his bosom and handed it to the child's mother, "I am very sorry for the frightened child." ”

The child's mother was also taken aback, she didn't expect this military master to be so kind, and immediately waved her hand in fear: "The child is not sensible, he has delayed the military master, and please don't be surprised." For the sake of our people, the military masters fought bloody battles in front, even if we have no conscience, we can't ask for the military master's money, and please ask the military master to take it back. ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, then pulled the child's mother's hand and put a piece of broken silver in her hand: "I guess you don't want more, you take this piece, it will be regarded as a meeting and fate, and it will be counted as a commemoration." ”

Immediately, the young man turned around, looked at the people around him, and also looked at the cavalry in front of him, and said loudly: "Folks, the Ming soldiers fought bloodily, what they did was to protect the people on one side of the land to live and work in peace and contentment, if the Ming soldiers shed blood in front, and the people they want to protect were also injured in the rear, then this blood, isn't it in vain?" ”

The surrounding people fell silent, and after a while, earth-shaking cheers rang out, and a pair of eyes looked at the Ming cavalry in the street, full of admiration and praise. The young man also turned on his horse, and the cavalry general threw his hand at him, and walked past the mother and son.

The child's mother suddenly remembered something, turned her head and shouted: "Please inform your name, and you will be rewarded in the next life!" ”

"Yes, a good person should leave his name, this is a great merit!" The surrounding people also shouted.

The young man turned his head, glanced at them, and said with a smile: "Ye Yingwu! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the young man was already riding forward, and the cavalry around him was tightly clustered.

"It's an official!" At this time, some people reacted and shouted excitedly.

"Long live my emperor!" I don't know who took the lead, and the first to bow to the ground, and the entire crowd of black and oppressive people on the street bowed down, in the direction where the young man left.

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Outside the yamen of Taiyuan Mansion, the soldiers of the Ming army in charge of the sentry were lined up, and several figures were already standing outside the door in anticipation.

Ye Yingwu reined in the war horse and jumped down in front of the yamen, and the soldiers of the Ming army bowed at the same time: "See Your Majesty!" ”

And those figures took a step forward, Zhang Shijie was in the center of the Ming Dynasty's Shangzhu country, and the civil and military officials on both sides bowed at the same time: "Ministers, see Your Majesty!" ”

"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Ye Yingwu waved his sleeves and said with a smile, "There were a lot of people coming and going on the street just now, even if the Praetorian Cavalry opened the way in front, it was inevitable that they would advance slowly, so I was tired of waiting for a long time, and I hope you will not be surprised." ”

Zhang Shijie hurriedly said a few polite words on behalf of the civil and military behind him, and Ye Yingwu also looked at the people behind him, Zhang Shijie saw this and hurriedly moved aside half a step, and several civil officials behind him stepped forward to salute.

"Daming Mountain West Province appeases Yao Shu to see Your Majesty!" The old man standing at the front bowed his hand neither humbly nor arrogantly, but when he stood here, there was a kind of prestige that was difficult to hide, and the wind blew up his sleeves, adding a bit of fairy wind to the old man's posture, so that the old man gave people a feeling of being through the vicissitudes of life and seeing through the red dust and realizing it in the end.

Ye Yingwu nodded, Yao Shu was actually invited by him to serve as the pacification of the western province of Daming Mountain. In Chinese history, this should also be regarded as a legendary old man, when he was young, he traveled in the desert, and later was reused by Kublai Khan, followed Kublai Khan's southern expedition to the north, and participated in the most successful battle of Dali in Kublai Khan's life, and later Yao Shu also entered the center of the Mongolian court, became the Zhongshu Zuocheng, and was a real important minister, but Yao Shu adhered to the principles of "protecting the Han people" and "not increasing taxes" all his life. Because of this, it offended most of the Mongolian high-level people, so that the Mongolian civil and military people regarded it as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and they were eager to get rid of it as soon as possible.

After the rebellion of Li Pu, Kublai Khan's suspicion of the Han people became more serious, and he turned a blind eye to the persecution of the Han people by the Mongolian generals on the front line. As an official in Hebei and Shanxi, considering his position, words and deeds, he is actually an insignificant noble official title, which can appease the local people and comfort this old man who has made outstanding contributions to Mongolia's economic development.

But later, with the urgency of the war, Kublai Khan not only increased taxes, but even connived at the army to loot the Han people. Because of his high morality and respect and the fact that his protégés and former officials have spread all over the world over the years, even the local government has to be polite to this old man, as long as it is Yao Shu's interference, even if the government wants to favor the Mongols, there is no way.

This also made many local people seek Yao Shu's help in the conflict between Mongolia and Han, and Yao Shu also tried his best to protect them, although the family wealth has been scattered over the years, but in the hearts of many people, she is already an out-and-out "living Bodhisattva".

When the Mongolian army moved south from the steppe, it was even more wantonly scavenging for grain and grass in Shanxi, and the people complained, and Yao Shu's half-life efforts to adjust the conflict between Mongolia and Han were also in vain. In a fit of anger, Yao Shu asked to meet Kublai Khan, but Kublai Khan has not paid attention to him, firstly, Kublai Khan's physical reasons at that time could not allow him to worry too much about these "trivial" affairs, after all, Mongolia was about to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, and secondly, the grain and grass of the Mongolian army at that time relied on those transferred from the Mongolian steppe was far from enough, so it was difficult to continue if it was not looted locally, so Kublai Khan had been letting Yao Shu eat closed-door soup. Yao Shu can be regarded as a legendary figure at the turn of the Mengsong Dynasty in the end, and he brushed his sleeves away in a rage.

After the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia in Qinshui decisive battle, Mongolia because Youyan has been lost, had to withdraw the army on a large scale, and Taiyuan Mansion and other places were also included in the Ming army without a fight, Yao Shu, who lived in seclusion outside the city of Taiyuan Mansion, was invited to Taiyuan Mansion by the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard sent by Ye Yingwu, and was met by Zhang Shijie of the Ming Dynasty, worshiped for the pacification of Daming Shanxi Province, and was in charge of Shanxi civil affairs. Yao Shu did not refrain from many resignations, and did not hesitate to agree to take office to help the Ming army to settle the people, stabilize the people's livelihood, and restore the economy.

It can be said that Taiyuan Mansion was able to recover to its current scale in just half a month, and Yao Shu's contribution was great.

still has a lot of good feelings for Yao Shuye Yingwu, otherwise he would not have sent someone to invite him to come out. In another time and space, Yao Shu also fought for the safety of the Han people and Kublai Khan in the court, but in the end, Kublai Khan still did not listen to his opinion, and Yao Shu died depressed after being demoted.

It can be said that the goal of Yao Shu's life was not to build the Mongolian town into a huge empire centered on the Mongols and enslaved by the Han people, but a dynasty of multi-ethnic harmony similar to the Central Plains form of the Tang Dynasty, so as to protect the safety of the Han people as much as possible, so that the Han people could survive under the iron hooves of foreign races, and maintain the passing on of Chinese culture.

When he found that his goal was difficult to achieve, Yao Shu did not continue to work for Mongolia like Zhang Hongfan and others, but left the capital, became a local official, and traveled to and from the place with the respect of the prime minister, in fact, what he did was to protect the people as much as possible.

For such a person, Ye Yingwu thinks that he is still worthy of respect, after all, in the autumn of the fall of the country and the nation, someone always has to stand up and endure the humiliation to save the last spark of the comeback. It was under the insistence of Yao Shu and other promising Han ministers that the Mongols finally did not carry out a massacre of the Han people after conquering the entire territory of China, which also made it possible for Huaishang cloth to rise up decades later and completely drive the Mongols out of China.

What's more, just from the perspective of personal ability and understanding of Shanxi and other places, Yao Shu is also a very suitable candidate. After being in Shanxi for a long time, Yao Shu naturally couldn't bear to leave this land and the people on this side, and it was naturally very in line with Yao Shu's mind to protect them for the officials, which is why Ye Yingwu did not hesitate to decide that Yao Shu would appease him, and why Yao Shu agreed.

Yao Shu, who was standing in front of Ye Yingwu at this time, looked even older, obviously the wind and frost over the years had made him quite tired in his heart. The old man who is nearly seventy years old can stand up and take on the burden of revitalizing Shanxi Province at this time, whether it is Ye Yingwu or Zhang Shijie, they all admire him.

"Yao Aiqing is flat," Ye Yingwu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Aiqing is the treasure of the country and the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a blessing for the people of Shanxi to be able to have Aiqing as an official; It is my blessing to be able to have Aiqing's help! ”

Yao Shu looked up at Ye Yingwu, nodded solemnly, and then sighed: "The people all say that Your Majesty is a generation of Ming Jun, and the old ministers originally didn't believe it. Seeing it today, I know that this is true. Not to mention anything else, Your Majesty just put the people first, you can see Your Majesty's mentality, and the old minister admires it! Your Majesty can win the world, it is not just luck, this world, Your Majesty deserves it! ”

Zhang Shijie and the others all changed slightly, this old man was so bold that he publicly said that he originally looked down on Ye Yingwu, which was simply death.

It's just that a smile appeared on the corner of Ye Yingwu's mouth, and he immediately laughed: "Aiqing is willing to do his best for the people of Shanxi and for me now?" ”

Yao Shu did not hesitate to bow down deeply: "The liver and brain are smeared, and I will not give up!" ”