Chapter 339: The Way of Governing the State
There was a burst of nightingale-like laughter from behind, and I saw Ban Lingruo and Xiao Hongying pulling the red-faced Nan Xunyan from the left and right, and even Shi Jinyan and Zhong Liying followed behind.
Seeing that the sisters were all there, Sima Hongyan was also puzzled, she originally only asked Nan Xunyan to hide behind and listen to Guo Zidi's words with her own ears, but she didn't expect the other girls to be there.
At first glance, Guo Zidi was at a loss when he saw Nan Xunyan, and there were so many people who heard what he just said, Guo Zidi had already squatted down and was ready to dig a pit on the ground.
As soon as the woman was in the room, it was immediately lively, Xiao Hongying pressed Guo Zidi back to his seat, and then Ban Lingruo and Zhong Liying pressed Nan Xunyan to sit next to him, looking at the two people who were extremely embarrassed, they felt that it was so funny, even Sima Hongyan couldn't help but snicker.
Since they met, it was inappropriate not to say hello, Guo Zidi said to Nan Xunyan: "Are you here?" Hello! ā
Nan Xunyan blushed and said: "I came here a long time ago, I wanted to leave, but I was held down by these girls and didn't go." ā
It turned out that Sima Hongyan arranged for Nan Xunyan to hide alone in the back room to eavesdrop at the beginning, and she didn't tell the other sisters because she felt that this was Nan Xunyan's private matter, and it was not good for several sisters to get involved. And allowing Nan Xunyan to hear Guo Zidi's sincere words with his own ears can also enhance the relationship between the two.
What I didn't expect was that those girls were too clever, and the sneaky ones followed. Nan Xunyan was shy when he heard half of it, and he was about to leave, but he bumped into Shi Jinyan and a few people who were also hiding there and eavesdropping. In order not to expose and eavesdrop on more news, Shi Jinyan made a look, Ban Lingruo and Xiao Hongying shot at the same time, covered Nan Xunyan's mouth, and continued to eavesdrop on her by hiding behind. Nan Xunyan didn't dare to move too much to be heard by Guo Zidi, so he had to stay honestly, and he listened to it completely.
Several people held back their laughter, until Sima Hongyan called out to Nan Xunyan, and then they appeared together from behind.
Sima Hongyan stopped the laughter of Shi Jinyan and the others, and said to Guo Zidi and Nan Xunyan: "Since you are happy with each other and like each other, I will marry you in public in a few days." It just so happens that the two of you are in charge of the forbidden army inside and outside, so I will arrange a place for you to live in the palace, so that the two of you can get married and live! ā
When Sima Hongyan said this, the two of them began to be embarrassed again, lowered their heads and didn't speak.
Shi Jinyan asked on the side: "Do you two agree with what Hongyan said?" If you have any opinions, say it quickly, otherwise Hongyan will change her mind if she can't say it well! ā
Guo Zidi hurriedly said: "Agreed!" IāI'm okay! When he agreed, Nan Xunyan's face turned even redder.
Who knew that Shi Jinyan didn't let her go, took Nan Xunyan's hand and asked, "Sister Nan, what do you say?" ā
Nan Xunyan tilted his head and didn't dare to look at Guo Zidi, but nodded fiercely.
Xiao Hongying laughed and shouted to Sima Hongyan: "Sister Hongyan, look, Sister Nan nodded, this thing is done!" ā
Sima Hongyan nodded with a smile, and said to Zhong Liying and Xiao Hongying: "Then the two of you can pick a palace for this couple, and then arrange it well, and find the Internal Affairs Office to get everything you need." ā
Then he said to Shi Jinyan and Ban Lingruo: "You two can arrange a marriage for them, and by the way, arrange the forbidden army as well, and let people take care of it first." This is our sister Nan's great joy, but we can't settle for it! ā
The sisters nodded their heads, and their joys were even more exciting than their own marriage. Guo Zidi couldn't bear it anymore, so he found an excuse to get up and say goodbye first, and when he left, he was laughed at by the sisters again, and he hurried out of the house as if he had run away.
Guo Zidi was together, Nan Xunyan didn't stop anymore, he actually ran through the back door with light skills, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the two escaped lovers, Sima Hongyan couldn't help but think of Nanfeng Lonely Shadow, and secretly said in his heart: Where are you now? Do you think of me from time to time? When exactly are you coming back?
Hearing that Guo Zidi and Nan Xunyan were about to get married, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire capital, and even the whole Yanling knew about it. This was the first wedding ceremony promulgated by Sima Hongyan after he became the lord of the phoenix, and the entire capital was in a state of celebration.
The people have always looked forward to the royal happy events, so the court may have some grace for the people, such as amnesty for the world, tax reduction and exemption.
However, Sima Hongyan's Feng Zhao gave red envelopes to the people, and opened the inner city widely, inviting the people to enter the imperial city to watch the ceremony.
Originally, the ministers suggested whether to give amnesty to the world or something, but Sima Hongyan refused, she thought that the marriage of the royal family had nothing to do with whether or not to forgive sinners, and that the sins of the prisoners could not be exempted because the royal family had a happy event, and at most they would be rewarded with a good meal and drink. Moreover, in the future, the rule of amnesty will be completely abolished, and sinners will have to pay for the mistakes they have made.
Shi Jinyan understands Sima Hongyan's way of governing the country without extravagance and waste, so she also eliminated a lot of unnecessary but wasteful links in Nan Xunyan's marriage, which can not only ensure the grandeur of the marriage, but also reduce a lot of old customs that toss people, and it really took a lot of effort.
Although the ministers didn't know that Nan Xunyan was a descendant of the Yan family, they knew that she was Sima Hongyan's closest sister, and there was no difference between her family and her family, so they all went back to prepare gifts according to the standards of royal marriage.
Guo Zidi's father, Guo Jixiong, was the deputy general of Cong Erpin in the current dynasty, and when he heard that his third son was going to marry Nan Xunyan, the sister of the phoenix lord Sima Hongyan, he was pleasantly surprised. was so shocked that it was such a big thing, why didn't Guo Zidi discuss it with him, he was happy that this time he was able to climb up with Lord Feng, and his official career in the future is simply unlimited.
However, Guo Zidi persuaded his father not to have this kind of thought, the current Feng lord is completely different from the emperors of the past, and he will not have any special treatment for the Guo family because of the relationship between relatives, on the contrary, he may be more strict, and he suddenly said that Guo Jixiong was half stupid.
After a period of time between the female army and Nan Xunyan, they have a deep relationship, and many people go to help Zhang Luo. Xiao Hongying chose a spacious and beautiful palace for her as a wedding room according to Nan Xunyan's character, and the decorations inside were all arranged by the female soldiers, and it was quickly made neat and comfortable, and it was very warm.
Guo Jixiong asked Sima Hongyan to set a good day, but Sima Hongyan didn't know which day was a good day, so he finally asked Shi Jinyan for help, and chose a month later as the wedding day.
Seeing that everyone was busy with Nan Xunyan's marriage, everyone was festive. Especially the happiness and satisfaction of seeing Nan Xunyan on his face every day, Sima Hongyan missed Nanfeng Lonely Shadow more and more.
In these days, Sima Hongyan has set up a system of state affairs co-management, that is, a few old ministers who know the most about government affairs and state affairs and young people with great political ideology and political sensitivity are transferred to form a council group to assist her in jointly governing state affairs. According to the classification of the affairs that each person is good at, each person is in charge of a business block, and they can arrange several solutions immediately for everything that is related to their management scope, and then organize it into a copywriter and hand it over to Sima Hongyan for approval.
All events that have passed Sima Hongyan's review can be promulgated and implemented on the second day. In this way, there is no need to wait for Sima Hongyan to find a way to solve everything, which consumes effort. There is a specialization in the art industry, Sima Hongyan knows his own catties, and he does not let himself do things that he is not good at.
The combination of the old and the new national management mechanism allows everyone to supervise and assist each other, and the most suitable solutions can be found for many things, and it also greatly reduces the pressure on Sima Hongyan, giving her more time to think about more things.
Even gradually began to dilute the early dynasty system and change to a fixed daily work system. All the incidents that come from all over the country every day can be solved in the first time, instead of piling up a large number of times every day, all pointing to the emperor to solve them alone, causing delays.
The country's handling capacity has accelerated rapidly, and many possible disasters have been dealt with in a timely manner, and a lot of preparations have been made in advance, thus reducing the country's losses and displacing the people. As a result, the people's will of Yanling is stable, the economy has been greatly improved, and the national strength has increased greatly.
However, governing the country is a long-term undertaking with heavy responsibilities and a long way to go, and it is not an overnight achievement. What Sima Hongyan needs to do most now is the stability of the country and the stability of the people. Because the premise that there are many big things to be done is that the country must have sufficient economic strength.
For this reason, Sima Hongyan increased the trade with the Northern Lingguo, and in order to increase the convenience of transportation, Sima Hongyan sent professionals to explore the road between Yanling and Beiling, wanting to build the most secure route as a way for trade.
In this move, Sima Hongyan sent Xiangguo Li Mingzhong and his only son Li Siyu as special envoys to the Northern Spirit Kingdom for cooperation and negotiation.
The emperor of the Northern Spirit Kingdom at this time was Hanbei Ying, and he had long heard that the new monarch of Yanling was a woman, and he had been worried about whether he would cut off the annual winter material trade from now on. What I never expected was that Yanling actually took the initiative to come to negotiate the development of the trade road this time, which made Hanbeiying simply overjoyed.
The Beiling Kingdom, which is located in the snow-capped mountains, is icy and snowy all year round, and it is inconvenient to plant and mine, and there are very few available resources, so it can only barely maintain the livelihood of the people. Especially when the snow covers the mountains in winter, life is even more difficult. For so many years, it has been possible to barely survive the winter by relying on a material transaction with Yanling in winter, and the living conditions are really difficult.
Sima Hongyan ordered the ministers to brainstorm and study a way to enable Beiling to avoid the heavy snow sealing the mountain, but who knew that the research had been fruitless for many days. After all, the Northern Spirit, who has come over for hundreds of years, has exhausted the wisdom of countless people and has not come up with a way to open up the road, how can it be that a hundred or so people can come up with a way in a few days.
After thinking for a long time, Sima Hongyan asked why he couldn't open the road from the underground, after all, the boundary blocked by the heavy snow was only more than 100 miles, and it was okay to dig around it from the ground.
Later, the ministers explained that the ground under Beiling was almost more than a thousand years old, and the middle-aged man couldn't smash a fist-sized hole in a day, so how could he dig a road?
Sima Hongyan asked why not use ginger juice, it was the nemesis of the thousand-year-old Xuanbing.
The ministers looked at each other, no one knew that ginger juice could melt ice. As a result, Sima Hongyan sent someone to squeeze the ginger juice to try it, and it really worked wonders after trying it. It is unbelievable that the solid ice that has been sprayed with ginger juice is like an ordinary ice cube, and it crumbles when it is chiseled.
Sima Hongyan didn't expect that this method, which is not a new thing in modern times, is actually unknown here. So Li Mingzhong took this method and Li Siyu and set off to Beiling.