Ding Chang is a person, Emperor Jianning has some impressions. Ding Chang's maternal grandmother is the princess of the Dayue royal family, and she has a trace of royal blood in her body.

Emperor Jianning had an impression of this person not because of this trace of blood, but because Ding Chang was reckless in life, brave and unwise, and after entering the court as an official, he caused a lot of trouble, and was finally sent by Emperor Shiyuan to garrison Yuandong.

I wanted to send it far away, but I didn't want Ding Chang to take advantage of this natural disaster to rebel.

After recruiting Meng Zizong, Yu Lang's two prime ministers and several important ministers discussed, Emperor Jianning issued an order on the tenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Jianning, and allocated 20,000 troops to go to Zhangcheng, led by Zhou Shiyang, and the rebels in Tongcheng were to be exterminated.

On the sixth day of Emperor Jianning's decree, Zhou Shiyang's hundred-mile rush was transmitted again.

Emperor Jianning thought that Zhou Shiyang's twists and turns were so urgent that the military situation had changed, but he didn't want to send back good news.

He laughed heartily after watching the recital, and said aloud to Meng Zizong, who was standing in front of the dragon case, "Zhou Shiyang is a genius!" ”

Meng Zizong bowed down, his face full of ravines was full of smiles, "Your Majesty, this way you can avoid war, it is really a blessing for the people." ”

"Hmm." Emperor Jianning was happy in his heart, and sighed after putting down the fold, "The rest of the matter is disaster relief." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has discussed with Prime Minister, Lord Wen, and Lord Liu. Now that the silver money for disaster relief has been transported to the disaster area, there will be no mistake with Zhou Shiyang staring at it, and the important thing now is to appease the people. The thief Yu Chang once spread rumors when he raised his army, claiming that this natural disaster was a ...... days" Meng Zizong bowed down, changed his words, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you can perform the gift of sacrificing to the sky......"

"Sacrifice to the heavens......" Emperor Jianning pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "It is feasible." ”

Worship to the heavens, presided over by the emperor, on behalf of all the people, express people's gratitude to the heavens for the nourishment of heaven and the nourishment of all things, and pray for the heavens to bless the people of the great moon.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the emperor himself presided over the festival, and by the time of the Shiyuan Emperor, it was already presided over by the sacrificial officials, and the emperor became a person who watched the ceremony on one side.

In the later period of the First Yuan Emperor, the First Yuan Emperor no longer appeared at the scene of the sacrifice to the sky.

The sacrifice to heaven mentioned by Meng Zizong is to follow the ancient rites, which are presided over by the emperor himself. At the time of worshipping the heavens, when Emperor Jianning expressed his gratitude to the heavens, he thought deeply about it and asked the heavens for forgiveness.

As for whether God can really hear and forgive, that is a matter for God to know.

The purpose of worshipping the heavens is to show the people at the dawn of the great moon and calm the panic in the hearts of the people.

Of course, Emperor Jianning has no objection to this kind of buying people's hearts. After discussing with Meng Zizong, he handed over all the matters of the sacrifice to the courtiers.

After Meng Zizong retreated, Emperor Jianning picked up Zhou Shiyang's fold and returned to the inner hall of the Qingxin Palace.

Ye Tingfeng was leaning on the low couch to hold the fold, and there were a few books on the small table on her side.

The green silk is not tied in a bun, and it naturally hangs down on the chest and behind the head, taking advantage of the stunning little face as white as jade.

Emperor Jianning didn't like to listen to Feng's bun at night, and felt that those heavy hair ornaments were too tiring, so every time he went to the Qingxin Palace, he would personally pick off the beads and flowers, and scatter the three thousand green silks of the night Feng.

Ye Tingfeng saw Emperor Jianning walking towards him, pursed his lips and smiled, "Prime Minister Meng is gone?" ”

Before Meng Zizong asked to see Emperor Jianning, the place where Feng watched the excerpts at night was on Emperor Jianning's side. Due to the untidy makeup and the fact that the harem could not discuss politics, Ye Tingfeng took a few folds to the inner hall and crooked.

"Gone." Emperor Jianning walked to Ye Tingfeng's side and sat down, and Long Yan put the fold in his hand to the side.

Ye Tingfeng hadn't seen Emperor Jianning laugh like this for a long time, she put the fold in her hand that Liu Wenming proposed to the second prince to choose a master to open the fold to the side, took the teacup and handed it to Emperor Jianning, and said, "I was still frowning just now, why did I laugh so happily like this?" ”

"There are happy events in Zhangcheng." took the teacup and took a sip, and fed Ye Tingfeng a sip, Emperor Jianning picked up Zhou Shiyang's fold and handed it to Ye Tingfeng, and said with a smile, "You can see it at a glance." Mu'er, I only think that Zhou Shiyang only has research on criminal law, but I don't want him to be a talent in addition to leading troops to fight. ”

Ye Tingfeng swallowed the warm tea in his mouth, and after finding a comfortable position in Emperor Jianning's arms, he opened the fold in his hand and looked at it.

After her beautiful eyes swept over those small characters twice, Ye Tingfeng's eyes showed confusion, "Zhou Shiyang, seal the mountain?" ”

Emperor Jianning allocated 30,000 troops to Zhou Shiyang, and Zhou Shiyang did not quell the rebellion, but sealed the mountain pass of Tongcheng with 8,000 iron horses.

Emperor Jianning nodded, the smile on his face undiminished.

"Wan Yan Zhe." Ye Tingfeng raised his eyes to look at Emperor Jianning, his eyes showed anxiety, "The rebels have 20,000 horses, at this time, if you don't take advantage of his weather to attack Tongcheng to quell the chaos, when will you wait?" You told me that there are iron mines in Tongcheng, and if they are fully equipped with 20,000 horses, it will be even more difficult to take them. ”

"Don't worry, look at this." Picking up Ye Tingfeng and walking to the study, Emperor Jianning asked her to look at the layout of the big moon hanging on the back wall of the study, "You look for Tongcheng where it is." ”

Ye Tingfeng got down from Emperor Jianning's arms and lay on the map of the mountains and rivers with the veins drawn to take a closer look. After reading it twice in a row, he pressed the two small characters of Tongcheng with his slender and tender white fingers.

"Here." Ye Tingfeng took a step back, and after looking at the overall situation, he found that Tongcheng was too small in the entire territory, and the location was still biased.

Hugging Ye Tingfeng Yingying's waist, Emperor Jianning chuckled in her ear, "Look here, here, and what is here?" ”

"It's the mountain." Hearing how Feng recognized how the mountains were marked on the map, she moved her jade finger and pointed at the three mountains, "Tongcheng is in the belly of the mountain, and there is a small iron mine. Wan Yan Zhe, this is the momentum of Yi Defense's strong attack, if they don't take advantage of their climate to attack now, after a year and a half, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Indeed, as you said, Tongcheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and those 20,000 horses can become a country China in Tongcheng for a whole year......" Seeing the anxiety in Feng's eyes, Emperor Jianning suddenly smiled and asked, "Mu'er, what is Dayue lacking the most?" ”

"Lack of food." Listen to Kaede's affirmative reply.

The territory of Dayue is not small, but there are many mountains and mines, and there is very little land that can be used for farming. If this were not the case, with the strength of the big moon, he would not bow to Dashun at all.

"There is an iron mine in Tongcheng, and the people there mostly make a living from mining and rarely grow grain crops. Every year, the imperial court will send a large amount of grain to Tongcheng to ensure that the iron ore can be mined normally and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Emperor Jianning said with a smile, "Ding Chang occupied Tongcheng in order to transport tens of thousands of stone grain to Tongcheng by the imperial court in two months...... But those grains can only relieve hunger for a while, but they can't relieve the fullness of a lifetime......"

Ye Tingfeng's eyes lit up and understood. She looked back at Emperor Jianning and said with a smile, "Tongcheng can't produce rice, the rebels have an army of 20,000, and those accumulated grains can feed him for three months at most." Three months later, Tongcheng ran out of food, and the rebels were defeated. ”

"That's it." Emperor Jianning smiled lightly at Ye Tingfeng's white forehead, "The 30,000 army does not fight, and at the same time, it can repair Zhangcheng and Yuandong while avoiding war and casualties." Three months later, our army was strong and strong, and the rebels were overwhelmed......"

Ye Tingfeng let out a long breath, looked at Emperor Jianning and said with a smile, "Wan Yan Zhe, this matter has finally passed." ”

"It's not the past." Grabbing Ye Tingfeng's hand, Emperor Jianning said with a smile, "This natural disaster is disheartened, the city must be rebuilt, and the people's hearts must be rebuilt, so the people can't be resentful of the court." To rebuild the hearts and minds of the people, it is not enough to reduce taxes and allocate money for disaster relief, but also to eliminate the fear in their hearts. ”

"So ......"

"Sacrifice to the sky." Emperor Jianning pulled Ye Tingfeng to sit on the dragon chair behind the dragon case, and said with a smile, "Meng Zizong is already starting to prepare, ready, I will personally preside over the sacrifice to the sky." ”

"Are you in a hurry?"

Dashun also sacrifices to the sky, but it is all at the time of the winter solstice, which is very grand, and the preparation work must be done for at least three months.

"It's urgent. There are two festivals in the big moon every year, and the things for the spring festival have been almost prepared, and now it is nothing more than to make it more grand. Reaching out to pick up the fold and looking at it, Emperor Jianning said with a smile, "The treasury has taken a lot of silver, are you afraid that there will be no pomp." ”

"I don't know how many corrupt officials have gained weight." Ye Tingfeng also took a fold and muttered in his mouth.

"Mu'er, a corrupt official, has his own role as a corrupt official."

"So you know Liu Wenming, and you let it go?" Listen to Kaede ask back.

Emperor Jianning just wanted to reply, but Lu Shi walked in softly from outside, stood in front of the dragon case and asked Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng to say goodbye, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the queen mother, Lord Wu asks to see you." ”

Wu Fengtian ran out of the Qingxin Hall since Emperor Jianning's Gu poison attack, and he had disappeared for more than half a month.

After Wu Fengtian followed Lu Zhi into the study, he did not salute the emperor and the queen, but walked directly to the dragon case and put the three fingers of his right hand on Emperor Jianning's left wrist.

pursed his thin lips and looked solemn.

"What about Wu Yue? What about Wuyang? After seeing Wu Fengtian take his hand off Emperor Jianning's wrist, Ye Tingfeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which of them did you find?" ”

"I haven't found any." Wu Fengtian turned around and sat down on the Taishi chair on one side, his face returned to indifference, and when Ning Shi served the teacup, he reached out and took it.

After opening the folding fan and fanning the tea cup twice, Wu Fengtian raised his head and smiled at Emperor Jianning and Ye Tingfeng, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I am so thirsty that I can't even drink tea in my mouth." ”

Emperor Jianning looked at Wu Fengtian and smiled, "Where are you from?" ”

"I'm from Foshan." Holding the teacup and exhaling lightly, Wu Fengtian finally drank the tea into his mouth.

"Mu'er, Yu'er should go back to Guan Ju Palace at this time." Emperor Jianning pointed to the drip on one side and whispered to Ye Tingfeng.

Ye Tingfeng stood up, swept around the two of them suspiciously, and then lifted his skirt and walked out of the study.

"Where are Wu Yang and Wu Yue?" Without going around in circles, Emperor Jianning asked Wu Fengtian bluntly.

"Wuyang didn't find it, I wanted to go to Liuyun Valley to find Wuyue, but I can come back to Foshan." Wu Fengtian looked at Emperor Jianning, and after looking at it with his slender eyes, he said slowly, "Your body is much stronger than before the Gu poison attack, it seems that my guess is not wrong." ”

Emperor Jianning didn't answer, he stood up, and tapped his right index finger on the dragon case. After a long time, he said to Wu Fengtian, "Fengtian, you have to help me." ”

"Help you hide it from Momay?" Wu Fengtian smiled, "This is not a bad thing, why hide it from her?" ”

"Not this." Emperor Jianning shook his head lightly at Wu Fengtian, and after clearing his throat, he said, "Fengtian, I want you to enter the office." ”

Wu Fengtian's eyes widened fiercely, his hand holding the teacup paused in mid-air, and he asked Emperor Jianning in surprise, "Why?" ”

"Fengtian, I know it's not fair to you, but I can't think of anyone else." Emperor Jianning clenched his fist in his right hand, lightly slammed the dragon case twice, pursed his lips and said, "You should know that you are not only my friend, but also my courtier...... Whether it is from the friendship between you and me, or from the relationship between the Wu family and the Wanyan royal family, you have to help me ......"

Ye Tingfeng came to the inner hall and asked Ning Shi Ningxiao to help her re-pull her hair and tidy up her makeup.

After everything was in order, he once again looked suspiciously at the study.

What did Emperor Jianning and Wu Fengtian have to hide from her, and they must take her away? When these two people conspired to rebel back then, she didn't stand aside and listen?

Zhiliu gently held Ye Tingfeng's arm and said, "Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should have returned to Guanju Palace this time." ”

Ye Tingfeng nodded, retracted his gaze, and turned out of the Qingxin Palace.

In the side hall of Guanju Palace, the crown prince was standing in front of the cradle, looking at the four princes lying there wow-wow-wow.

Seeing the four princes dancing happily, the prince stretched out his little hand.

The four princes grabbed it at once and shouted more cheerfully. The crown prince saw that the four princes were crying happily, and he also showed a bright smile.

The prince is young, loves to play, listens to Feng's love every day and night, and rarely sees other princes and princesses, and now this little milk baby attracts most of his attention in his leisure time.

Litmus held a small sheepskin drum in his hand and handed it to the crown prince after the four princes shook it a few times.

The crown prince pushed the small drum out, and looked at the fourth prince who opened his small mouth and yawned.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you tired? Slave and maid carry you back to sleep. Litmus asked.

The crown prince shook the little hand of the fourth prince and nodded to Litmu, and opened his hand to let Litmus hug him.

Ye Tingfeng was holding Zhiliu's hand and walking from the rockery, holding the fan high on his forehead, picking up the green vines hanging from the rockery.

The prince saw Ye Tingfeng coming back, rubbed his eyes and called, "Mother." ”

Shi Rui hugged the prince and greeted him, and after saluting Ye Tingfeng, he said, "Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has played with the four princes, and he is sleepy this time, and I want to send him back to sleep." ”

"Don't be sleepy, don't be sleepy." The prince struggled down from Litmus's arms, and said happily to Ye Tingfeng, "Mother, today Taifu taught Yu'er kung fu, and Yu'er will practice it for you." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the side of the apricot tree and made a gesture.

Hearing Feng laugh at night, he walked to the shade under the rockery with his skirt up, and looked at the prince lovingly.

Wen Qing came out of the Guan Ju Palace, and after listening to Feng Fu in the night, he fanned Ye Tingfeng and said softly, "Queen Mother, Zhen Ronghua came twice in the afternoon, and left when I heard that Queen Mother was not there." ”

"Twice?" Ye Ting Feng was surprised, turned around and asked, "But did you say something?" ”

Zhen Ronghua is not favored by Emperor Jianning, and he doesn't get along well with the concubines in the harem, he is the kind of person who lives in his palace and lives at peace and has no desires.

Today, Zhen Ronghua can go to Guan Ju Palace and ask to see him twice in a row, which can be regarded as a miracle.

Wen Qing shook her head, "Xiao Guzi asked, saying that I would wait for you to come back so that I could give you back, but Zhen Ronghua didn't say anything." ”

"What can she do? All these years have passed, are you still not reconciled? Seeing that the prince stopped gesturing with his little hand, Ye Tingfeng stretched out his hand to pull the prince in front of him, squatted down and wiped the fine sweat from the prince's forehead with a brocade handkerchief.

"Here we ...... again" Wen Qing saw Xiao Guzi trotting over from outside, and said to Ye Tingfeng, "Queen Mother, it must be Zhen Ronghua again." ”

Xiao Guzi walked in front of Ye Tingfeng, wiped his face with his sleeve and said to Ye Tingfeng, "Queen Mother, Zhen Ronghua asks to see." After fanning the wind twice with his hand, Xiao Guzi added, "Zhen Ronghua has asked to see him three times this afternoon." ”

"Let her in." Ye Tingfeng stood up, handed the prince to the litmus, and said softly, "Take the prince to wash." ”

Ye Tingfeng did not enter the Guan Ju Palace, but turned around and went to the pond and sat on the swing under the gardenia tree.

The breeze brought the water vapor in the pond and relieved the heat of the afternoon.

After a while, Xiao Guzi led Zhen Ronghua to walk slowly from a distance.

Zhen Ronghua lowered his head, walked in front of Ye Tingfeng in broken steps, bent down, and said softly, "The concubine sees the queen mother, and the queen mother is a thousand years old." ”

"Zhen Ronghua doesn't have to be polite, let's be even." Ye Tingfeng raised his hand to Zhen Ronghua, raised his eyes and looked at the old man in front of him.

Zhen Ronghua wore a green bandeau palace dress, with a flowing cloud bun on her head, and in addition to two jasmine-style beaded flowers on her hair, a broken jade hairpin shook her ......

The same night I listened to the appearance in Feng's memory, it was still that soft look, and the water eyes flashed as if it was affectionate.

Only when you have real contact with Zhen Ronghua will you know what a stubborn heart this seemingly gentle woman has.

Zhen Ronghua lowered his head slightly, smiled softly, and his demeanor was neither humble nor arrogant. After listening to Feng at night, he retracted his gaze, Zhen Ronghua said bluntly, "Queen Mother, the concubine came to Guan Ju Palace today because she has something to ask for. ”

"What's the matter?" The smile on Ye Tingfeng's face did not decrease, and he replied, "They are all sisters of their own family, you just have to say it, and this palace can allow you to do it." ”

"The queen can do it." Zhen Ronghua said with a smile, "The concubine just wants to go and see the four princes." ”

"Look at the Four Princes?" Ye Tingfeng raised his eyebrows slightly, "But is there anything else?" ”

"There is nothing else, the concubine just wants to see the four princes." Zhenrong Hua smiled softly, "I hope the queen will be fulfilled." ”

Ye Tingfeng put away the surprise in his eyes, and handed his beautiful eyes to Zhiliu on the side.

Knowing that Liu understood, he replied to Ye Tingfeng, "Queen Mother, the slave maid just went to the side hall to see, and the four princes are asleep." ”

Zhen Ronghua raised her eyes to look at Ye Tingfeng, who was smiling gently, her eyes were full of expectation.

Ye Tingfeng sat on the swing, the smile on his face did not decrease, and he said in a little surprise, "Ah, I slept ......"

Zhen Ronghua's eyes showed a hint of disappointment, lowered her head, bit her lip and said, "Then, the concubine will come back another day." ”