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Although the weather was cold, the maids who came and went were full of laughter.

The earth dragon in the Nuanqing Pavilion is hot, and the fruits sent by the Lingnan Express Horse are still very fresh in the ice water taken from outside, as if there is juice flowing sideways when you bite into it, with a long-lost spring and summer atmosphere. Nuanqing Pavilion was originally just a small attic behind the Kunning Palace of the harem, and its name was taken from Li Qingzhao's "Butterfly Love Flower" in "Warm rain and sunny wind broke the frost, willow eyes and eyebrows, and I already felt the heart of spring".

In winter, because of the small area of Nuanqing Pavilion, the earth dragon is hot when it burns slightly, so Ye Yingwu usually goes directly to this Nuanqing Pavilion to rest after dealing with government affairs in the imperial study, and the harem concubines also like to often come to this Nuanqing Pavilion to play chess, play the piano, read and talk.

Keeping the New Year is the tradition of this era, the Ye family used to keep the New Year every year, and now that Ye Yingwu has ascended the throne and sat on the throne, there is no intention to cancel this tradition, after all, the rules of the Ming royal family are inherited from the former Song Dynasty, and the emphasis is on having fun with the people, so such a warm thing among the people, the royal family naturally has no reason to miss it.

Nuanqing Pavilion originally had not much space inside, so Ye Mengding and the Chen family naturally did not come in and huddle with a group of juniors, after Ye Yingwu took the harem concubines to salute, the second elder went out of the palace to Ye Yingji's house, after all, he had been in the palace for a long time, and the second elder also wanted to go out to see the style, Ye Yingwu naturally had no intention of stopping it, but just followed the old practice and rewarded his brother a lot.

"Concubines, see Your Majesty." As soon as Ye Yingwu walked in, Lu Wanyan greeted him with the harem concubines.

"Don't move, especially Su Niang and Shu'er, you two are pregnant, and you have to sit there!" Ye Yingwu suddenly hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Huiniang, Wei'er, you go up and hold on." ”

Hui Niang and Wei'er had just gone out to set off firecrackers, and came in behind Ye Yingwu, and nodded hurriedly when they heard the words. Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand to roast on the side of the charcoal basin, and then Qing'er had already consciously led someone to close the thick curtain, bowed carefully and retreated.

Ye Yingwu was obviously in a good mood at this time, and as the end of the year approached, the battle reports from all over the country were also sent to Nanjing like snowflakes. First of all, the battle report of Hexi, the Mongols were already very weak after the battle of Xingxing Gorge, and they comprehensively reduced their forces in the Western Regions and Hetao, and the Shence army was also greatly damaged, and the two sides formed a confrontation that Ye Yingwu did not even dare to look forward to before.

Immediately afterwards, the town navy also won a great victory in Liaodong, a battle under Longzhou, and then a battle to force the Yalu River to oppress the Mongolian inner line, forcing Mongolia to even have to shrink its forces in Hebei, and now the entire Yanyun land has almost become a no-man's land, but because the wind and snow are too big, and it is the end of the year, so the town navy considers the time and military heart, and is ready to wait until the beginning of spring to march.

More importantly, the Oriental Fleet, the victory at Kamakura gave the Ming army a complete upper hand in the East, and now the Ming army is attacking Kyoto in two ways, and the last resistance of the Japanese has actually been completely crushed in Kamakura. Without the Kamakura shogunate leading the Japanese to organize resistance, the emperor, who had been a puppet for a long time, had no way to effectively organize enough troops to resist. What's more, in the face of the absolute superiority of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese, who had not yet formed the idea of "imperial state" and the spirit of "bushido", had no way to avoid being conquered in the end.

The current Oriental Fleet is the Perry Fleet in another time and space, and Ye Yingwu believes that the Japanese should make the same choice as their descendants in another time and space.

"Husband, went outside the city to see it today?" Lu Wanyan is slightly behind Ye Yingwu by half a position, although Ye Yingwu has never paid much attention to etiquette in the harem, making the harem more like an official's backhouse rather than a place where the mother is in the world, but Lu Wanyan still maintains basic etiquette in front of the rest of the sisters.

"In the morning, I took a few officials from the household department out to have a look." Ye Yingwu untied his robe with the help of Lu Wanyan, and said, "Although this snow is not small, but fortunately, it doesn't last long, so there is nothing affected outside the city, after all, Nanjing City is rich and prosperous in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people are far from the point where they can't afford to build a house, so they just walk back and forth, greeting each other." What I'm really worried about is the north, because the snow in the south is like this, and it is even more conceivable that the snow in the north will be even greater. ”

Lu Wanyan carefully tidied up Ye Yingwu's clothes: "Husband, you should be glad that the Ming Dynasty has recovered Huaibei, Heluo, and Shandong for a period of time, as long as the local state officials take it seriously, there will be no tragedy." ”

"But the imperial court still can't take it lightly these days, at least the Yushitai and the household department can't rest." Ye Yingwu sat down with a smile, "This foundation of the country has not been created for a long time, and it is far from the time to breathe a sigh of relief." ”

Chen Li and Chen Tong stepped forward and lightly took off their boots for Ye Yingwu, and then beat his legs.

"Relax and relax during the New Year, don't be so nervous," Ye Yingwu patted the shoulders of the two of them, "Thinking about this time the year before last, a certain person was in Xingzhou, and I didn't know who the world would end up in, and I was still worrying about how the battle of Xiangyang should be fought perfectly, and I didn't even think that it might be victorious." And at this time last year, a certain Praetorian Guard was eating ice and snow on the front line, just trying his best to resolve the first crisis of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't expect to be busy, time flies, and I haven't been able to be so leisurely for a long time. ”

After Ye Yingwu finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room was a little solemn, and the girls looked at Ye Yingwu, and even a little tears flashed in their eyes. Ye Yingwu led Da Ming Erlang to life and death in the front, and they were not worried in the back.

"Husband, there is still an hour to come, how is the husband going to spend time?" Hui Niang said with a timely smile, finally breaking the somewhat awkward silence.

Coughing lightly, Ye Yingwu quickly got into the quilt and ran between Su Niang and Shu Er, and beckoned Hui Niang to clean up the table. The chessboard was opened, and His Majesty the Emperor was gearing up. Ye Yingwu's Go level, let alone in the harem, even the ministers in the court know it, so Ye Yingwu does not have the stupid desire to lose face on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the chessboard laid out here is also chess.

There are many theories about the origin of traditional Chinese chess, but it evolved into a familiar form in the Song Dynasty, and the name was changed from the previous "Xiangxi" to "Xiangqi". Although Xiangqi does not seem to be as elegant as Go, because of the history, wars, strategies and other factors involved, it is exactly what the Great Song Dynasty scholars and doctors in the south of the Yangtze River desired, which also led to Xiangqi soon occupied an important position in the upper class of society, and quickly swept the country with the ups and downs of these officials, walking around as officials.

According to historical records, during the period of demotion of Wen Tianxiang, he liked to make chess friends and kill time by playing chess. Perhaps only on this unreal battlefield can Wen Tianxiang find the opportunity to realize his ambitions and ideals, and be able to isolate himself from the darkness and chaos of the outside world. It's just that because of Ye Yingwu's appearance, Wen Tianxiang followed Ye Yingwu all the way as soon as he was demoted, and there was no time for him to play chess to relieve his worries, after all, the busy affairs every day were enough for her to worry about, and the thriving national situation also made Wen Tianxiang no longer need to find other ways to express his ambitions.

In this regard, Ye Yingwu was grateful, but he could only sigh that he had one less good "chess friend" who could communicate. Although Ye Yingwu's Go skills are not good, and the chess skills are actually not very good, but after all, he has seven hundred years of experience, and the development of Go in the Southern Song Dynasty has reached its heyday, and Xiangqi is just starting, and most of the records about Xiangqi in books such as "Shilin Guangji" are still limited to the specifications of the chess game and the type of chess pieces, and the chess games that can be used as teaching and reference did not really appear until the Ming Dynasty, and some routines commonly used in later generations have not been formed at all now. Most people also play chess with personal experience and preferences.

In other words, it's just a mess.

Therefore, even if Ye Yingwu has poor skills, he can crush his wives and concubines to death.

Seeing Ye Yingwu playing chess instead of Go, Lu Wanyan and the others all showed knowing smiles. What they mainly want to do is also to please Ye Yingwu, if Ye Yingwu plays Go, what everyone needs to worry about most is not how to win him, but how to give Ye Yingwu chess.

Glancing at each other, Lu Wanyan glanced at Hui Niang, and Zhao Yunshu beside her also bowed slightly. Hui Niang waved her small fist indignantly, but she still had no choice but to go into battle.

Although Ye Yingwu didn't see the small movements behind them, he saw that Hui Niang was full of anger, vaguely guessed something, and said with a smile: "You don't have to prevaricate with each other, one by one, no one wants to run, anyway, today is a long time, and if you win, you will have to ask for some reward." Come, Hui Niang baby. ”

Hui Niang, who was still puffing up, suddenly softened and wanted to shrink back, but Qiqin and Qiong Luan pushed her up with a smile: "Sister Hui Niang, you have always been ice and snow smart, if you can't even deal with it, the sisters will not be able to escape the claws today." ”

Ye Yingwu rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was going to fight.

Hui Niang gritted her teeth, suddenly rolled up the futon violently, and pounced on Ye Yingwu, Ye Yingwu was taken aback, and hurriedly dodged. And Qiqin and Lu Wanyan have also reacted, and the pink fist shows off their legs like raindrops. Toss this guy to be honest first, so that everyone's New Year can be good.

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Shandong, Jeju Province.

This is already the northernmost state capital in the existing territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the purpose of the Ming Dynasty to take Jeju and Shandong was to provide a landing location for the Jiaozhou sailors, and to provide a reliable springboard for the Northern Expedition in the future.

The Mongols were seriously under-armed and had no intention of attacking Shandong, but compared with the rest of Heluo and Guanzhong, Shandong was closer to the Mongol Tatars because it was separated by a large river, and because it was far away from the southern economic center, the resumption of economic and trade communication in Shandong was much slower than that of other places. The current Shandong is to the Ming Dynasty, and it is somewhat like the Huaixi to the Ming Dynasty a year ago.

It is the weakness of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the place where the Ming Dynasty has to keep it even if it pays huge losses.

Although it was Chinese New Year's Eve, the entire Jeju province was not as lively as Chinese New Year's Eve should be, and the heavy snow had already crushed most of the houses in the Jeju capital city, and the snow was still howling. Countless ragged people shivered in the streets, calling out to their relatives.

I don't know how many people were crushed in the snow and rubble, and I don't know how many people's belongings were lost. The entire Jeju province is in shambles. Moreover, Jeju Prefecture, as the current capital of Shandong Province, is already the most developed state capital in Shandong Province except for the Huaibei area, and the situation in Jeju Prefecture is still the same, and it is even more conceivable that the rest of Shandong Province and more villages below will be affected.

A herald ordered the cavalry to speed through the streets with torches. Although the people were panicked, they still knew the consequences of blocking these herald cavalry, so they consciously moved to the sides when they heard the crisp sound of horses' hooves, and everyone looked at these departing figures with complicated expressions.

Jiang Duo, the governor of the eastern province of Daming, and Song Yinglong, the governor of Shandong Province, rushed into the hall in disheveled clothes. The mansions of both of them were the Jeju Mansions built by the Mongols before, and they were quite strong, but they overwhelmed the stables. However, the incident happened suddenly, and the two of them got up in a hurry, and they didn't even bother with basic washing, so they picked up their hats and rushed over.

"Qi Qi two ministers, the situation in the city is okay now," Jeju Prefecture Governor Shi Zheng saw the two of them coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I received the news just now, there are about one hundred and thirty-six houses in the entire Jeju Prefecture City that have collapsed to varying degrees, and there are also two or three hundred houses with cracks or damaged courtyards. ”

"The latter ones don't matter now, as long as they don't threaten their lives, they are not a top priority." Jiang Duo circled around the hall and said urgently, "Now immediately send the soldiers in the city and all the officials in the city to the streets to help the people build shacks and maintain order on the streets. This official will present to His Majesty an expedited report of 800 miles, and he must report the situation here truthfully. ”

Song Yinglong took a step forward: "Guobi (Jiang Duo's cousin), don't worry, first find out the surrounding disaster situation and report it to Your Majesty, otherwise Your Majesty doesn't want to watch a few pieces come one after another, making a fuss." ”

Jiang Duo was slightly stunned, then nodded, and glanced at Song Yinglong gratefully. He knew that he was too panicked, if he really didn't summarize the situation here clearly and then present it to His Majesty, even if His Majesty was sympathetic and knew Jiang Duo's difficulties, he wouldn't blame him, I'm afraid that the Yushitai side would inevitably have to join him, if there were any problems during the disaster, I was afraid that Jiang Duo would be able to pack up his bed and go home to study behind closed doors.

Your Majesty loves the people, this is a well-known thing, such a major event of the snow disaster definitely affects the nerves of His Majesty, and also affects the nerves of the entire imperial court.

Shi Zheng was about to go down to order many matters related to disaster relief, but a herald had already rushed to the lobby and bowed his hand to them: "Enlighten your ministers, I have just received news that a large number of houses have collapsed in the villages on the north and west sides of Jeju Prefecture, and there are heavy casualties, and the refugees in various places cannot be resettled, and the situation is critical, I hope you will make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

"Heavy casualties?!" Song Yinglong and Jiang Duo captured this keyword at the same time, glanced at each other, and couldn't help but gasp.

"I'm going to write a chapter now, enlighten the emperor, and send a letter to the surrounding state capitals to inquire about the situation," Jiang Duo turned around, "Without further ado, I don't care about the news from other places!" This is no longer a trivial matter, if you can't report it to Your Majesty as soon as possible, you and I can't afford to take down the charges of 'delaying the incident' and 'bullying the king'! ”

Jiang Duo's words were very serious, and Song Yinglong also knew very well that he had no objection this time, so he nodded: "Okay, then you go quickly, this official will go to the street with the people who can be used now, just with the officials at all levels below, there may be chaos." ”

At that moment, the door was pushed open again, and the wind and snow whistled in, and everyone in the room looked up at the same time. Wang Anjie, the general of the two Huai armies, who was covered in wind and snow, had already strode in, and he was at the same level as Jiang Duo and Song Yinglong, coupled with the status of the emperor's relatives, there was no need to salute respectfully, let alone such an urgent situation.

The officials of this generation of Daming have all followed Ye Yingwu step by step, and they have all inherited Ye Yingwu's habit of handling affairs vigorously and resolutely, so Jiang Duo and others have not seen it before they pushed the door directly like this.

Wang Anjie arched his hand, pressed his sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The 61,842 soldiers of the two Huai armies are waiting for the dispatch of the two ministers to rescue the snow-stricken areas!" (To be continued.) )