Chapter 267: Closing the Mountain
As Emperor Jianning recovered from his illness, all kinds of rumors in the harem dispersed with the wind, and the days gradually tended to be dull. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]
After recovering from his illness, Emperor Jianning did not step into the harem, but plunged headlong into the suppressed government affairs.
The most important thing in Zhangcheng is that Emperor Jianning has ordered the opening of the treasury when he was seriously ill, and Zhou Shiyang, the second horse of the eldest princess, was the vanguard officer, and led an army of 10,000 to escort the disaster relief food first. While providing disaster relief along the road, he also explored the situation of the rebels in Zhangcheng.
On February 24 of the eighth year of Jianning, Emperor Jianning issued an edict to reduce and exempt all taxes in Zhangcheng and Yuandong.
On the second day of the third month of the eighth year of Jianning, a medical team led by the imperial doctor in the palace set off from the capital and was escorted by officers and soldiers to Zhangcheng.
On the fifth day of the third month of the eighth year of Jianning, Zhou Shiyang's disaster passed to Emperor Jianning day and night.
When Zhou Shiyang arrived at the disaster area with an army of 10,000, the rebel army occupied the mountain and had already occupied a city called Tongcheng, which was 300 miles away from Yuandong.
After the rebels entered Tongcheng, they occupied the government and elected a military commander named Ding Chang, who was about forty years old, to be the king of Chang.
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.
Li Qingmu was leaning on the low couch with a 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 Li Qingmu's bun, and felt that those heavy hair ornaments were too tiring, so every time Li Qingmu arrived at the Qingxin Palace, he would personally pick off the beads and flowers, and scatter Li Qingmu's three thousand green silks.
Li Qingmu saw Emperor Jianning walking towards him, pursed his lips and smiled, "Prime Minister Meng Cheng is gone?" ”
Before Meng Zizong asked to see Emperor Jianning, Li Qingmu looked at the excerpt on Emperor Jianning's side. Due to the reason that the makeup was not neat and the harem could not discuss politics, Li Qingmu took a few folds to the inner hall and crooked them.
"Gone." Emperor Jianning walked to Li Qingmu's side and sat down, and Long Yan put the fold in his hand to the side.
Li Qingmu hadn't seen Emperor Jianning smile like this for a long time, she put aside the fold in her hand that Liu Wenming proposed to the second prince to choose a master, 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 time?" ”
"There are happy events in Zhangcheng." took the teacup and took a sip, and then fed Li Qingmu a sip, Emperor Jianning picked up Zhou Shiyang's fold and handed it to Li Qingmu, 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. ”
Li Qingmu 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 to take a look.
After her beautiful eyes swept over those small characters twice, Li Qingmu'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." Li Qingmu 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 climate 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 Li Qingmu and walking to the study, Emperor Jianning asked her to look at the map of the big moon hanging on the back wall of the study, "You look for Tongcheng there." ”
Li Qingmu got down from Emperor Jianning's arms and lay on the map of the mountains, rivers and veins 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." Li Qingmu took a step back, and after looking at the overall situation, he found that Tongcheng was too small in the entire territory, and its location was still biased.
Holding Li Qingmu Yingying's waist, Emperor Jianning chuckled in her ear, "Look here, here, and what is here?" ”
"It's the mountain." Li Qingmu 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 Li Qingmu's eyes, Emperor Jianning suddenly smiled and asked, "Mu'er, what is Dayue lacking the most?" ”
"Lack of food." Li Qingmu replied affirmatively.
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......"
Li Qingmu'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 pressed Li Qingmu's white forehead and chuckled, "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......"
Li Qingmu exhaled a long breath, looked at Emperor Jianning and said with a smile, "After Yan Zhe, this matter has finally passed." ”
"It's not the past." Grabbing Li Qingmu'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, and the people must not 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 Li Qingmu to sit on the dragon chair behind the dragon case, and said with a smile, "Meng Zizong is already making preparations, and when I am ready, I will personally preside over the sacrifice to the heavens." ”
"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." Li Qingmu also took a book of folds and muttered in his mouth. Sister-in-law Suo Miao pen cabinet concubine heir to the phoenix leads the country
"Mu'er, a corrupt official, has his own role as a corrupt official."
"So you know that Liu Wenming buys and sells officials, and you also let it go?" Li Qingmu asked back.
Just as Emperor Jianning wanted to reply, Lu Shi walked in softly from outside, stood in front of the dragon case and greeted Emperor Jianning and Li Qingmu, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the queen mother, Lord Wu asks to see you." "The second is more present.
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