Out of the first month, the first spring rain fell in Linzhou.

The spring rain still did not bring joy, only made Linzhou more muddy, cold and noisy.

In the past few months, there have been more people living in and outside Linzhou, and many people have come to Linzhou with their families in order to keep up with the emperor's return to Beijing.

For most people, the road is so far, and the more closely they follow the emperor, the safer they will be.

But many people's lives in Linzhou have become unsafe, there are more people, there are more fights and looting, the order is more chaotic, the poor beggars and displaced people have difficulty surviving the winter, and there are more and more dead bodies inside and outside the city.

"A lot less porridge sheds?" Cui Zheng's face was as heavy as his steps, "What's the matter?" At this time, there is a shortage of green and yellow, and it is precisely the need for a large amount of soup kitchen. ”

The officials around him sighed lightly: "Because many rich families are ready to leave and start hoarding supplies, they refuse to give porridge anymore." ”

Cui Zheng stopped and sneered: "Go and tell them that if you want to leave, you don't want to do more to assist the imperial court!" ”

The official on the other side responded, and whispered: "It's not that they don't do their best, there are a few families who want to scatter their wealth to help His Majesty return to Beijing, but they are worried that their descendants will not be able to make a living after returning to Beijing.....

Cui Zheng understood what he meant, and said, "They have scattered all their wealth for Great Xia, will Great Xia still let their children and grandchildren starve to death?" ”

The official smiled and responded: "They will be relieved if they have Xiangye's words, then, go down to see if there are any free and inconsequential seats for them to do something, help the court, and they also have a head." ”

Cui Zheng hummed and didn't say anything more, and the official also understood that he would not ask any more and retreated.

Cui Zheng walked into the room, and after some busyness, most of the officials dispersed, leaving only a few cronies.

"Xiangye, these rich families are taking the opportunity to blackmail!" A cronie said indignantly, "The soup kitchen said that they provided grain, but don't you know how much they profit from raising the price of grain?" Why do we turn a blind eye? It's not because they give soup to feed the people, but now it's their credit to blackmail us! ”

The rest of the room agreed.

Cui Zheng knocked on the table: "Of course I know that they are blackmailing, but now do we have any other choice?" ”

"Your Majesty wants to return to Beijing, how many people are in the harem, how many attendants, how many soldiers and horses, food, drink, horses, cars, and how much does it cost?"

"Who's out? Is the court out? Is Your Majesty out? ”

Is the imperial court rich? Is Your Majesty rich?

If there is chaos today, the road is divided, there are no taxes to collect, and the treasury is far away in the capital, it would be good to be able to feed the emperor's family in the treasury of the Lu Palace, not to mention that most of them were also sent out by the emperor to raise troops and horses to appease the people, and the emperor and the concubines had two meals a day, where was there any extra money.

Cui Zheng looked around at everyone.

"Are you out?"

Everyone's eyes suddenly scattered, and some people smiled bitterly: "Everyone also left their families and businesses to come, and they all relied on His Majesty to take care of their food and housing, and they donated all their net worth, and there was not much." ”

It was true that they abandoned their family and business at the beginning, but because they abandoned their former family business, in the past three or four years in Linzhou, they have worked harder to accumulate family business, do business, and accept bribes......

But so what? Great Xia is already in chaos, the court can't be chaotic anymore, Cui Zheng will turn a blind eye and wait for the world to be peaceful.

A small official came in, holding a few posts, and wanted to speak to Cui Zheng in his ear, but Cui Zheng frowned and shouted: "What is not to say to others!" ”

The little official said: "This is a road gift from several families to Xiangye." ”

There have always been many names for gifts, and the most popular in Linzhou recently is, of course, the various needs of returning to Beijing, traveling, moving, saying goodbye, and so on.

Cui Zheng, as the prime minister, of course, also has many people giving gifts.

Hearing the words of the little official, Cui Zheng hummed calmly: "Put it away." When everyone in the room wanted to pretend that they couldn't hear or see, they said, "Send it to the Preparatory Division." ”

As the name suggests, the Preparatory Department is the department that prepares to return to Beijing, which is jointly served by civil officials and military generals, and the emperor also asked the five princes to personally supervise it.

Hearing Cui Zheng's words, everyone in the room suddenly had countless words to say, "Xiangye is really well-intentioned" and "Xiangye is smart", and there was a chaos.

The hint has been hinted at, these people will no longer pretend to be blind, more or less will donate some money, Cui Zheng waved his hand and was not interested in listening to their compliments, and asked: "How is the news from the capital?" ”

The officials solemnly said to the right thing, "Xiangye, the news in the capital is not good." ”

Cui Zheng stretched out his hand and pressed his head, since Xiang Yun and the others left Linzhou to go to the capital, there was no good news along the way, first they met an assassin, which caused Lord Wu to lose an arm, and Xiang Yun's old injury recurred and had to recuperate halfway.

But fortunately, the trip continued, and the two adults arrived in the capital under the escort of soldiers and horses.

He asked, "What's the matter, is there any bad news when you arrive in the capital?" ”

An official said in a low voice: "It's the situation in the capital that is not good. ”

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"Something happened to Mrs. Chu?"

The emperor rubbed his hands and moved away from the charcoal basin, wondering if it was the cold rain that made his face very bad.

"That's what Lord Wu and Lord Zheng said? Really? ”

Cui Zheng said: "I think it's fake, because the two of them haven't even seen Mrs. Chu in person." ”

The emperor sighed, a little disappointed, a little uneasy, and a little anxious: "Mrs. Chu is lying? She doesn't want to come to Linzhou? ”

Cui Zheng didn't care about this: "Mrs. Chu definitely doesn't want to come, at least not easily, it doesn't matter if she wants to or not." ”

It is easy to talk and persuade Han Xu, who has a toast, and Xiang Yun who punishes wine.

"Xiang Yun had foresight, so he didn't follow Wu Zheng and the two adults directly into Beijing." Cui Zheng said, "Think about it, if he also follows into Beijing.....

was injured again, and was directly locked up by Mrs. Chu in the name of recuperating from his injuries, even if Xiang Yun had a holy purpose in his hands, it would not be convenient to do things.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and sighed again: "Mrs. Chu doesn't believe me, even if she is allowed to come to Linzhou, I will not treat her badly." ”

Cui Zheng flipped through the letter and ignored the emperor's sorrow.

"Wu Ya'er is also in the capital." He said, and sneered again, "Ignore thousands of calls, say that the north is inseparable from people, nailed to death, and now I can live in the capital for so long." ”

The emperor sighed: "People are husband and wife, and husbands and wives always want to meet. ”

Cui Zheng turned a blind eye to the emperor's grievances, did not comfort or ridicule, and frowned: "But this also happens to show that there is indeed a problem in the capital." ”

The emperor was busy asking what questions.

"It's true that Mrs. Chu doesn't want to come to Linzhou, and it's also true that there is chaos in the capital." Cui Zheng said, handing the stack of letters and official documents in his hand to the emperor, "Zheng and Wu carefully saw what the government was like, what the civil order was like, and how the family was in the capital, what they saw and heard were clearly written, and in their words, it was dangerous to be chaotic." ”

The emperor pinched the letter and didn't read it, only concerned about one question: "Is it the chaos of the officials and people in the capital, or is it a danger to deal with the rebels?" ”

Cui Zheng frowned and said: "Your Majesty, chaos is more dangerous than the rebels outside, this capital has been occupied by Ankang Mountain for several years, I don't know how many remnants have been planted." ”

He pointed to the letter.

"Look at what Wu Zheng wrote, the palace is haunted at every turn, and people are panicking. This haunting is naturally the work of the remnants of the rebels. ”

The palace involved itself, and the emperor was busy looking down at the letter, and sighed even more loudly.

"The two lords Wu Zheng are straightening out the order in the capital." Cui Zheng said, "Of course, what is more important is to urge Wu Ya'er to lead the army to kill Ankang Mountain, Wu Ya'er and Mrs. Chu clearly want to wait for His Majesty's arrival and use our soldiers and horses to achieve this, so that they don't have to leave the capital, and the credit will be theirs." ”

"Credit, credit, everyone wants credit, but they are unwilling to contribute." The emperor couldn't help but be annoyed: "How long will it take to straighten it out?" Are we just waiting? ”

The capital has obviously been recovered, but it can't go back, everyone is thinking about themselves, and no one is thinking about him as the emperor!

Cui Zheng said: "Of course not, we can go to the capital at the same time." ”

The emperor was surprised: "How to go?" Doesn't that mean unstable? ”

Cui Zheng walked to the map and stretched out his hand to draw a line.

"We can go first, we don't have to go to the capital in one breath, we can go first..." ”

Henan Province is a good place, there are guards in the southeast and northwest, although now the Taiyuan Mansion in the northwest is entrenched by Ankang Mountain, but the adjacent Huainan Province Jiangnan Road Shannan Road has strong soldiers and horses.

The emperor looked at the map closely: "Xiangye is saying, let's go to Henan Road first?" Isn't that redundant? ”

Now that you've set off, shouldn't you go to the capital in one go?

"Originally, it was a redundant move, but isn't the capital unstable now? Let's walk slowly, and if we settle down on Henan Road, the road will be easy, and it will be beneficial to the people who are in a hurry. Cui Zheng said, "And we set off, Wu Ya'er and his wife have no excuse to stay in the capital anymore, Xiang Yun can come forward, the people in the capital are also stable, and Wu Zheng and the two adults will do things more smoothly." ”

The emperor stroked his palm: "This is a matter of killing three birds with one stone, why didn't Xiangye say it before?" ”

What he said before, he is now in Henan Province.

"If it's not peaceful today, you have to see everything in person." Cui Zheng said, "Even this Henan Road can't be easily gone." ”

The emperor's palm fell back to his knees, and he said it in vain......

"For the sake of Your Majesty's safety, please issue an edict to order Han Xu to survey Henan Province for Your Majesty." Cui Zheng said, "When Henan Province is foolproof, Han Xu will come to Linzhou again, and His Majesty can go to Henan Province, and then wait to enter Beijing." ”

Han Xu, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face: "Han Xu is still very relieved to do things." ”

Cui Zheng once again reassured the emperor and submitted a document: "This plan was proposed by Han Xu, please take a look at it." ”

I see, the emperor is even happier, it turned out that it wasn't Cui Zheng's idea, just say, Cui Zheng didn't just let him take risks, he just asked him to wait.

Or is this Han Xu more insightful.

The emperor carefully read the official document, and looked yearning: "I, I look forward to seeing Lord Han Xu Han this day." ”

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Against the cold wind of February, Han Xu drove into a small city, as Zhongli said, there was no guard to inquire about entering the city, as long as the entrance fee was given.

The market in the small town is lively, and there are many guests living in the inn, eating, drinking, talking, laughing and laughing.

This place is really nice.

Han Xu nodded with satisfaction, and without the slightest fear under the guidance of the strange little girl, he only took Zhongli into the most remote room.

As soon as I entered, the door was closed.

Han Xu's expression remained unchanged, and he indifferently stretched out his hand to untie his cloak, and someone rushed out of the oblique thorn, and Zhongli raised his hand to stop this person.

Han Xu looked at the twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young general in front of him with thick eyebrows and big eyes and two dimples, and took off his cloak and held it in his hand: "General Xiao Qi, we meet again, Zhongli, Hugh is rude." ”

Nakazato withdrew his arm, and the young man didn't pounce again, sniffing and tears glistening, and took a step back and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Han." He raised his hand to wipe away his tears, "Since I said goodbye to the year, I have been thinking about adults day and night, and I finally see you again." ”