The vast northern land is very difficult.

The drought began at the end of last year and has continued until this year.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is imminent, God refuses to make a rain.

Walking in the Northland, you can see drought-dead crops everywhere, dry weeds and saplings......

The Northern Liang court was 'active' in fighting drought, but there were really only a few ways it could think of.

When digging wells, the groundwater is almost dry, and the water may not be able to come out after 20 battles......

To dredge a ditch, there must be enough water in the large river before it can flow into the small ditch......

All in all, this year has been difficult.

Every day, on the desk of Liu Baoshun, the emperor of the Northern Liang Dynasty, there will be many more requests for disaster relief from the imperial court, which are basically from local officials.

The imperial court had limited financial resources and limited reserves of grain and grass.

If it was only a local drought, the imperial court would still be able to do its best to provide disaster relief.

But......

There is a drought in the entire northern region, and relief is needed everywhere, including Gyeonggi.

The summer harvest was reduced by more than half.

Not surprisingly, the autumn harvest was reduced by at least two-thirds.

This means that it is not only difficult now, but even more difficult when winter is bitterly cold.

Next year, when the harvest is not good, if the drought does not ease and there is not enough food, 100 percent of the yeoman farmers will sell their fields, houses, children, and daughters, and they will go bankrupt and become slaves, or they will starve to death.

If you really can't do it, you can only flee the famine and become a socially unstable population.

This also means that from this winter to next spring, mountain bandits and bandits will once again become popular, and social order will be tested.

In all dynasties, natural disasters have been accompanied by man-made disasters.

It is by no means an accident that a serious natural disaster can overthrow a regime.

For the young Northern Liang, the Northern Liang, who had limited power, and the Northern Liang, who lacked food and tax support from the rich lands of the south, had begun to carry a heavy burden, and every breath was accompanied by a heavy panting.

Disaster relief is necessary everywhere, money and food are needed, and production must be stabilized.

It's just that the sky is not beautiful, and the sun shines every day, which can dry people to death.

Emperor Liu Baoshun of the Northern Liang Dynasty was so worried that his hair turned gray and he couldn't sleep all night.

Invite the master to take the stage, with the respect of the Son of Heaven, and pray for the rain from heaven.

Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and doing it for seven days and seven nights in a row, the master said that it would definitely work.

As a result, the seven-day practice ended, and there was still not a drop of rain falling from the sky.

Liu Baoshun was furious and ordered the Imperial City Division to slaughter the Daoist with a knife.

The high-ranking people cried out.

Seeing that the head was about to fall to the ground, the master shouted: "The Liu family is perverse, and it will be punished by heaven!" ”

"Look for death!"

With the word 'death', the guillotine fell, blood splattered, and the human head fell and rolled several times, falling at the feet of Yang Mu, the prisoner of Dali Temple.

Yang Mu kicked the head of the flying man, and his eyes were bloodthirsty with excitement.

Over the years, he has passed all the way from Shaoqing of Dali Temple to kill and decide.

He dares to handle cases that others dare not handle.

He dares to catch those who others dare not catch.

If others dare not kill, he will kill!

In just a few years, from a defector with no roots, he became the first executioner around Liu Baoshun, killing everyone who could be killed, and he rose to the top and was soon promoted to Dali Temple.

Become the leader of Dali Temple.

Under his command are a group of bloodthirsty and harsh people who share the same virtue as him.

In recent years, under his governance, Dali Temple has faintly overwhelmed the momentum of the Imperial City Division.

From a serious imperial court yamen, it has become half a spy agency, burdened with thousands of infamy.

The words that Hengyi Hou Xiao Chengli said back then were all fulfilled.

In this life, the executioner Yang Mu doesn't want to step into the door of the family, don't want to be accepted by the family.

He has become the most despicable figure in the eyes of the family, a thug without humanity.

However......

The more the family looked down on him, the more they humiliated him, and the more they dealt with the family, the more harsh and bloody his methods became.

But if any family falls into his hands, it will be miserable, if you don't get skinned and deboned, don't want to get out of prison alive.

If the punishment is not in place, the crime of exile will definitely become beheading.

Even if the dots are in place, there is a possibility that they will be fabricated and the whole family will be wiped out.

Everything depends on his mood.

If you're in a good mood, let you go.

If you're in a bad mood, kill your whole family.

The existence of such a butcher-like figure made everyone in the Northern Liang court endanger themselves and avoid Yang Mu.

Yang Mu has been in the Northern Liang court for several years, but he has not made a true friend.

Even the group of scholars openly expelled him from the group of scholars, not recognizing him as a reader, and ashamed to be with him.

The face of the scholar was lost by him.

and then extended to Yan Yunge's head.

Look......

This is the reader trained by Yan Yunge, what a thing!

Yan Yunge's literacy class is the training base for executioners.

Yang Mu: Hehe!

Yan Yunge: "......"

It's all about her!

……

The situation in Northern Liang was not good, and Yan Yunge and Xiao Yi moved their minds about the Northern Expedition.

It is no longer the scene of petty fights in the past, but to settle the country in one fell swoop and make an all-out Northern Expedition.

"It's not enough for us to rely on our strength alone, but we also have to contact the soldiers and horses of Youzhou, attack from the north and south, and take advantage of their illness to kill them."

Yan Yunge is very decisive, the drought in the north is her opportunity, and she doesn't want to miss it.

Doing so seems to be too cruel for the small people.

However......

She has her reasons.

She said solemnly: "If the northern land is under my rule, even if the whole territory is dry, the small people will have a chance to survive and have a chance to eat.

Under Liu Baoshun's rule, as long as this drought continues until next spring, the small people in the north are afraid that two or three out of ten will die.

The rest were either reduced to slavery or bandits. If you want the whole family to survive and live well, don't even think about it, it's impossible! ”

Xiao Yat asked her, "Are you ready?" Do you want to take the opportunity to go on a northern expedition, or wait a little longer and wait for the next opportunity. ”

Yan Yunge was very decisive, "Don't wait!" Now or never! I will contact my father and Yuntong personally. Hopefully they will choose to support me. ”

……

Thousands of miles away, the border town of the Northland.

Wang Yan of Youzhou, who guarded the border pass, basically did not take a penny of the Great Wei Dynasty in these years, but he conscientiously guarded the border pass and resisted the southward movement of foreign races.

The grain and grass equipment needed to raise soldiers were basically sent from Binh Duong County by sea.

Stand to reason......

When Yan Yunge pays taxes to the imperial court, he will deduct this part of the expenses.

It makes no sense that she pays taxes to the imperial court again, and she is also responsible for supporting border soldiers.

At most, it will be deducted from her tax due.

To do so is to the fullest extent of benevolence.

Even if she is only a courtier of the Great Wei Dynasty in name, she is far better than those courtiers who claim to be loyal ministers of the Great Wei!

She did her part and kept her promises.

Now......

She wants to implement bigger plans, bigger ambitions.

She needs help.

She writes letters herself, and she uses affection to lure her with reason, hoping that you will persuade her father and brother to send troops to help her.

Yan Shouzhan's hands were trembling.

Not because he's old, but because he's too excited.

He looked at the contents of the letter, and his hand shook, as if he had chicken feet crazy.

His face flushed, his pupils dilated, and he couldn't help himself with excitement.

"Hahaha...... The old man has waited for so many years, and finally waited for this day. Hahaha...... The fortune teller did not deceive the old man back then, and the dream did not deceive the old man. Hahaha......"

Mr. Du was very worried that Yan Shouzhan was too excited, and he didn't mention it in one breath, so he died with a whimper.

So......

He hurriedly dissuaded, "Don't be happy too early, everything is still unknown." The prince still thinks about whether this battle should be fought or not. ”

"Hit! Of course, if you want to fight, you have to fight hard. Liu Zhang is already dead, and the remaining generals are not worried, and the old man Liu Baoshun is not in his eyes. Yun Geken made up his mind to make an all-out northern expedition and settle the country in one fell swoop, how could this king lag behind. Doesn't this king even have the guts of Yun Ge? ”

"That's the way it is, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

Yan Shouzhan's eyes were stunned, and he looked particularly terrifying.

Mr. Du coughed lightly, "Has the prince ever thought about how to divide the military merits if the war goes well and take the entire Northland?" How is the site divided? Are you sure everything belongs to Lady Yunge? Will the prince agree? Will your generals agree? ”

Yan Shouzhan snorted coldly, "Yun Ge has expected this question for a long time. Whoever lays down the land belongs to whom. If the governance is not good, you can leave it all to her to govern. ”

"Are you sure this method is really suitable?"

"Is there anything better for you?"

Mr. Du patted his thigh and said excitedly: "Governing a place is not like fighting a war, we don't have so many officials under our name!"

How is it good to lay a turf, no one governs it, and it all depends on military management?

When the time comes, don't pay taxes without a penny, but become a burden.

But Mrs. Yun Ge is different, she has insisted on running schools all these years, carrying out imperial examinations, and cultivating talents.

As long as there is territory, she has enough officials, as many as she wants.

In this way, the old man was very worried that the territory laid by the prince would eventually fall into the hands of Mrs. Yunge.

The old man doesn't care, but what about the generals below? They may not be able to understand the prince's thoughts. ”

Yan Shouzhan snorted coldly, "According to your meaning, shouldn't this king send troops to help, just watch?" ”

Mr. Du hurriedly waved his hand to deny, "The prince misunderstood!" What the old man means is that if the prince does not have the idea of grabbing territory, it is better to negotiate the price before the war, how much grain, grass, how much ordnance, and how much population.

If the prince has the idea of becoming the emperor and ascending the throne, he must carefully plan from now on to preemptively which cities to occupy and which fortresses to take. How to bring together the family and the reader...... In short, everything is according to the king's orders! ”

This is to force Yan Shouzhan to make up his mind and make up his mind.

Whether it is to make a wedding dress for the daughter, or for the sake of the Yan family for generations.

Yan Shouzhan himself is also a lawsuit, and there seem to be two villains fighting in his head.

He hesitated: "Does this king have the destiny to be the emperor?" ”

Mr. Du said loudly: "As long as the prince wants to be the emperor, he can wear a dragon robe and be the emperor at any time." With the prestige of the prince, the military and civilians at the border will support the prince as the emperor. ”

"What about leaving the border? If this king is emperor, what will he do to raise his people? ”