Empress Jia looked at the noisy minister with anger, this was all caused by the son born to that cheap maid, who dared to fight against her in the court before. But look at it now, since the prince publicly slapped Empress Jia in the face several times, the court suddenly became a dark tide.

All kinds of forces dissatisfied with Empress Jia's domineering have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there is no longer a place for her to say anything about the court. Empress Jia turned his head to look at Sima Shu, who was still motionless, tried to suppress the anger in his heart, and reluctantly showed a smile and said, "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think about this matter?" ”

Sima Shu didn't want to speak, but looking at the ministers who were still noisy, he knew that if he didn't come up with a feasible plan, I was afraid that this matter would really have to be dragged down by the old fritters in the court. Therefore, as soon as Empress Jia asked, Sima Shu stood up on the ground with the old god on the ground.

"Playing the father and the queen mother, the sons and daughters feel that what the ministers said is very reasonable. The East Palace in Luoyang City cannot be guarded by no one, and it is also necessary to leave the East Palace at the sixth rate. Keerchen is going to Xincheng, the road is far away, in order to protect the safety of Erchen, he really needs an elite soldier to protect him. ”

Therefore, Erchen felt that it was better to do this, and split the six rates of the East Palace into two, leaving half of the troops to guard the East Palace. And the rest of the troops let Erchen go to the new city and recruit locally, I don't know what you think? ”

This is also something that can't be helped, Sima Shu can be regarded as having understood, Empress Jia will never allow the prince to control all the six rates of the East Palace. Because the total strength of the entire Sixth Rate reached nearly 30,000 people, Empress Jia would never allow the prince to master such a large force. However, if it is reduced by half, it is estimated that Jia Hou will still be able to accept it.

Sure enough, after Empress Jia listened to the prince's words, her face softened a lot, and the other ministers also pondered and stopped arguing. Everyone was quietly waiting for Empress Jia's decision.

"Well, this is okay, the palace can issue an order to allow the prince to recruit 10,000 troops in the new city to build the East Palace. In addition, on the way to the new city, the prince was responsible for protecting the security by the elite troops mobilized by the Chinese army in the capital along the way. ”

After the court meeting, Sima Shu was walking outside the main hall when he was suddenly stopped by a small yellow door. Looking at the unfamiliar little yellow door, Sima Shu asked with a smile, "I don't know what happened to my father-in-law blocking this palace?" ”

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Niangniang, Niangniang wants to see you!" Xiao Huangmen said hurriedly.

"Mother?" Sima Shu was a little puzzled.

"Yes, it's Shuyuan Niangniang, she asked me to tell Her Highness that she wants to meet Your Highness!"

Sima Shu was shocked when he heard this, and remembered the middle-aged beautiful woman who hugged herself and cried bitterly when she first came here, isn't Xie Shuyuan the original biological mother of this body? The poor woman who did not hesitate to bow down in front of the queen for the sake of her son, she was obviously the emperor's concubine, but in fact she was not even as good as an ordinary palace maid.

Since waking up, Sima Shu seems to have been deliberately ignoring this person, and he can't tell why, but now Xiao Huangmen's words suddenly awakened a fragment lurking in the depths of memory: an ignorant little boy who grew up healthily under the care of a seemingly weak woman.

"I should go and see her, she is the mother of this body anyway, and since I have replaced the original owner, I should also do my due filial piety." Sima Shu muttered to himself.

followed Xiao Huangmen to a deserted palace, except for a few handymen in charge, there was not even a palace maid who served closely, Sima Shu looked at it and felt sour. At this moment, Xie Jiu stumbled out of it, and when he saw Sima Shu, he held him in his arms, and he was in pain.

"Son, my miserable son......"

"Don't be sad, concubine, isn't it okay for your son?" Under Sima Shu's persuasion, Xie Jiu finally stopped his tears.

"Is Xizu leaving Beijing?"

Although Empress Jia did not allow the prince to visit Xie Jiu, the news from the outside still reached Xie Jiu's ears one by one, and Xie Jiu was also very happy when he learned that his son was gradually becoming more promising.

And it is precisely because the crown prince is getting stronger and stronger that Xie Jiu's life in the palace is getting better and better.

"Well, after five days, Erchen will go to the new city to pray for the emperor's grandfather!"

"If Xizu doesn't want to leave Beijing, the mother concubine will go and beg your father." Xie Jiu still felt sorry for his son in the end, and was afraid that Sima Shu would suffer in the place.

"The mother concubine doesn't have to be like this, this is to pray for the emperor's grandfather, even His Majesty can't stop it, is the mother concubine willing to let the people of the world accuse her son of unfilial piety? Besides, he was not the only minister who left Beijing this time, and a large number of subordinates of the East Palace followed, and his father also asked 2,000 guards to protect the safety of his sons. ”

"In this case, the mother concubine will not prevent you from leaving Beijing, but when you go outside, you must pay more attention and take care of yourself."

"Don't worry, the concubine, the son knows!"

After staying at Xie Jiu's place for half an hour, Sima Shu said goodbye and left. Looking at Xie Jiu, who was still standing at the gate of the palace, Sima Shu secretly swore that in this life, Xie Jiu must live happily and make her the queen mother admired by everyone.

Sima Shu has been busy with leaving Beijing, and he has recently recruited more than 200 craftsmen, and with their families, the number exceeds 1,000. And the people inside the East Palace, except for a few limited people such as Manager Liu and Lu Zhu, did not bring any of the others.

After being streamlined in this way, there are still more than 2,000 people in the entire team, plus the 2,000 Yulin guards who are responsible for the guards, the entire team is nearly 5,000 people. At the same time, coupled with the food, tools and other daily necessities purchased by Sima Shu, more than 300 carriages alone were needed. Fortunately, Zhang Hua waited for some families who supported the prince to contribute to help, so that Sima Shu would not be unable to get enough carriages.

What made Sima Shu even happier was that the officials who had worked in the East Palace before rushed to serve after learning that the crown prince had been 'driven out' of the capital by Empress Jia. Among them, what made Sima Shu most happy was the arrival of Sima Ya and Xu Chao, whose arrival temporarily solved the embarrassment that Sima Shu did not have a general.

Five days later, the crown prince Sima Shu left Beijing. Sima Shu took Jiang Tong and Du Xi to bid farewell to Zhang Hua and others, and left the capital to set off for the new city.

Accompanying them, there were 2,000 elite soldiers of the Su Guards, as well as 200 troops led by Sima Ya and Xu Chao, and 30 personal guards of Sima Shu, which was all the force in the entire team at present, which was enough to deal with the dangers along the way.

Starting from Luoyang, first go to Luonan Town, rest for a while, collect enough boats, and prepare to cross Luoshui. There are more than 20 miles of road from Luoyang to Luonan Town, and then to the south, it is the Luoshui River, and it is Yishui to cross the Luoshui and walk a few kilometers to the south. Walking more than 40 kilometers upstream along Yishui, it is the new city county located in the southeast of Luoyang. These lots, there is no need to explore the road, there are official roads that are directly connected.

Xincheng County is under the jurisdiction of Henan Yin (Jin changed Henan County to Henan Yin), located in the west of Henan Yin, on the shore of Yishui, and more than 20 kilometers upstream is Luhun County. Less than five kilometers downstream of the new city is the future seat of Yichuan County, which is now just a small town.

Xincheng County is bordered by Luoyang, Kyoto in the north, Luhun in the south, Yishui in the east, Yiyang in the west, and Yanshi in the northeast, with 24 townships and 72 li (villages) under the jurisdiction of the county, with a total population of more than 200,000 people. The reason why the population is so dense is mainly because Henan Yin is located in the Central Plains and has a large population, otherwise how could there be so many people in one county.

Sima Shu and the others crossed Luoshui from Luonan and went upstream along Yishui, because the speed of dragging the family was not fast. They will be in the new city by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

From Luonan to the evening of the afternoon, after crossing Luoshui, he walked more than 300 miles in one go, which can be regarded as a rapid march. At this time, everyone arrived at the southern barrier of Luoyang, Yique, that is, Longmen. Longmen is the natural gateway to the south of Luoyang, where the Xiangshan and Longmen Mountains on both sides of the river are opposite, and the Yishui flows in the distance, just like the natural gate.

Therefore, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has acquired a figurative title - Yique.

That night, the official mansion guarding Yique was hospitable to Sima Shu, and he was overly enthusiastic. Hehe, this is not far from Luoyang, what is going on in Luoyang City, it will be transmitted here within a day, and the people who can be the chief officials near Luoyang will not be ordinary guys, if they are not very close to the officials of the Luoyang court, they are some people who are good at the sky with their hands and eyes.

Therefore, Sima Shu is the crown prince and the future emperor, and these officials naturally need to be stammered! Even, they also invited many famous concubines from Luoyang, held a banquet, and warmly invited the prince to stay here for a few more days, and took Sima Shu to see the local scenic spots.

How could Sima Shu come to enjoy the mountains and rivers? Naturally, he would not linger too much here, and the next morning, he led the people away.

In fact, the excessive enthusiasm of the local officials made Sima Shu feel a little wary, especially in the communication with these officials, he always felt that they seemed to have other plans.

Sima Shu has nothing to do with these people, he has never seen them, and he has never had any entanglements of interests. Will the officials of this period still have such pure enthusiasm? Sima Shu was deeply skeptical of this.

After walking a short distance to the south, you will enter the Songshan Mountain Range, where there are often steep paths flanked by high mountain cliffs, but fortunately there are official roads here, otherwise, Sima Shu really does not know how to pass. After passing through the mountainous area, the terrain became gentle, and after a half-day trip, the brigade finally entered the territory of Xincheng County.

Xincheng County is located at the northern foot of Funiu Mountain, the outer mountain and the remaining veins of Xiong'er Mountain surround from the east, west and north of the county border, the Yihe River runs through the north and south, forming the "Yichuan Basin" terrain that is surrounded by mountains on all sides, high from east to west, low in the middle, and the slope gradually inclined to the Yihechuan District, presenting the geomorphological pattern of "one mountain, two rivers and seven ridges".

Sima Shu looked at the crowd outside Xincheng County, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, finally reaching his destination without danger. Although he didn't know why Empress Jia didn't do it halfway, Sima Shu knew that this didn't mean that he would be safe in the future.

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