Chapter 9: Undercurrents (1)

Bianjing City under the cover of night, all the sounds are silent.

The people, who had been busy all day, went to bed early to rest. The kings and grandchildren who like to come out at night to mess around, and because the weather is getting colder, they rarely wander on the streets. Occasionally, low footsteps rang out from the streets, but it was from the watchman who was in charge of the night watch. They are the only ones who are not qualified to pick the good or bad weather, and they have to walk through several fixed streets on time every night, and the monotonous sound of bangs is transmitted to the ears that are already asleep or still awake.

For the people of Bianliang City, although this bangzi sound is monotonous, it means that the world is peaceful. There was no war on the border, and there was no turmoil within the imperial court. The former is not bad, after all, it is far away from Bianliang, at most, it will make the tax on their heads a little heavier. And the latter means that disaster falls from the sky.

A few years ago, Liu Chengyou, the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, sent people to kill Shi Hongzhao, and killed all the neighbors around Shi Hongzhao's mansion. In the past few years, although the country name has been changed to Da Zhou, and the emperor is also considered a saint, the prince has been adrift all the year round, and the emperor's nephew has married the pearl of the forbidden army.

"When the Boji Canal is officially opened to water next month, it will be time for Jungui to come back!" The Great Zhou Palace, immediately the Son of Heaven Guo Wei raised his head from the mountain-like pile of folds, stretching his waist while muttering to himself.

The folds had already been screened by the Shangshu Province and the Privy Council, and had been approved by the left and right privy envoys, and most of them only required him to look at them, and make a mark of approval or veto on them, so that they could be taken down and sealed. But even so, he was still exhausted every day, and even the fist and foot kung fu that he had insisted on for most of his life was completely wasted.

"Your Majesty, let's rest early! There will be a routine pilgrimage tomorrow!" the eunuch Li Fu walked forward with a hunched waist and cautiously reminded.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, it's only been two watches!" Although Guo Wei's face was tired, his spirit was very good today. A weathered face also had a proud smile, "Dachao, it's just a formality." I just need to listen with my ears, and I don't have to make decisions on the spot. But tonight there are these things at hand, especially the Boji Canal is about to open the gate and divide the water......"

Halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that discussing government affairs with eunuchs was a taboo in governing the country. Hurriedly swallowed the second half of the words back into his stomach, then pointed to the bronze candlesticks on the walls and pillars, and added with a smile: "Forget it, I won't tell you this." Otherwise, in a few days, the king's privy council and a few of them will know, and they should talk to me endlessly. Li Fu, you ordered someone to light a few more candles, and by the way, inform the Imperial Dining Room to prepare a supper for me. The prince gave me such a long face, I, who is the emperor, have to deal with the head and tail for him, so as not to be laughed at by him!"

"Yes, the slave obeys!" the old eunuch Li Fu bowed gratefully and quickly arranged for someone to carry out the task.

After Guo Wei ascended the throne, he was routinely frugal. So throughout the palace, most of the rooms are not lit with candles at night. In addition to the lanterns in the hands of the guards, only the dormitory and Guo Wei often go to deal with government affairs in Chengde and Hanliang Second Palace. Even these two lit palaces usually don't light all the candles on all the candlesticks. Only close to the vicinity of the imperial case will be slightly concentrated, so as not to Guo Wei stay up late to review and review the folds and lose his eyes.

If it is close to the door, it will only light one or two, and barely let the people who enter and exit see their feet clearly and not fall.

Today, Guo Wei is obviously in an extremely happy mood, so he wants to live a little more luxuriously. Not only commanded the eunuchs, but also filled all the candlesticks in the Chengde Hall with expensive Cangzhou incense wax, and added a pot of Cangzhou soju in addition to supper, planning to drink a few sips to relieve their fatigue.

The three-year river control project is coming to an end, and except for the initial advance of some relief materials, the project has not increased the cost of the state treasury from the beginning to the end; the two large lakes that used to exist in history, Onozawa and Douziwa, have also been re-excavated and turned into two large reservoirs, one in the south and one in the north, to regulate the water flow of the Yellow River and provide sufficient irrigation water for the surrounding farmland; and all the embankments in the middle and lower reaches have been re-strengthened so that there will be no more dangers. Several places with the most serious sediment deposits have also been dredged, and from then on, the giant boat of ten thousand stones can carry goods from the north and south from the mouth of Binzhou to the sea, all the way to Bianliang!

Since the fall of Li and Tang, which emperor was able to make the Yellow River so tamed during his reign? Which imperial court was able to rejuvenate both sides of the Yellow River within three years after the Yellow River burst? If these were not enough for the Great Zhou Dynasty to have the qualifications to be the best in the world, then the Boji Canal should be added! The Yellow River was divided into three sluices and a canal less than 50 miles long in exchange for at least 50 years of no worries about flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. In addition to the Great Zhou, from Liu Bang's establishment of the Han Dynasty to Liu Zhiyuan's Later Han, which dynasty and which generation can outline such a miraculous pen and put this wonderful idea into practice?

The more he thought about it, the more proud Guo Wei became. Facing Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing's joint request for credit to Chai Rong and his sworn brother Zheng Ziming and others, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haha, haha, I believed back then that you would not live up to my expectations." Unexpectedly, instead of living up to it, you were able to surprise me so much. No, tomorrow the dynasty, tomorrow the dynasty, I have to tell the world about this matter, and it can't be handled as a daily local government affairs. Hey, this Wang Xiufeng is deliberately misleading me again!"

As he uttered the last sentence, his laughter came to an abrupt end.

The dredging and management of the main channel of the Yellow River is about to be completed, the Boji Canal is about to be officially divided, and there are also excerpts from Fu Yanqing and Gao Huaide who jointly signed a petition to the people concerned about the river control, and they actually put together a pile of excerpts on auspicious events fabricated by officials from all over the country in order to show their merits! If it weren't for the fact that he, the emperor, was in a happy mood tonight, and he turned over a few more twists and turns, I am afraid that he would have to be put into a category that did not need to be dealt with, and all of them would have been sunk into the sea! This Wang Xiufeng was also too much. How many times have I told him that he is not allowed to dispose of the excerpts related to the control of the river at will, let alone deliberately targeting the prince, why does he just not listen?!

Thinking of some chaos in the court in the past two years, and the actions of the old brothers, Guo Wei's originally happy mood was immediately clouded. As the so-called wealth and wealth confuse people's hearts, this is actually not wrong at all. Back then, when everyone was fighting the enemy with knives, there were not so many twists and turns in their stomachs. is not so keen on power, wealth, and beauty. And now, the officials are getting bigger and bigger, the beauties are marrying more and more, and the Yulu, Zhitian, and other messy inputs are enough for the whole family to eat for several lifetimes, but they are becoming more and more dissatisfied.

As a former commander of the army, Guo Wei believes that he is broad-minded enough. In the past few years as an emperor, he has been tolerant enough to his old brothers. However, the increasingly arrogant behavior of several old brothers still hit his bottom line of tolerance again and again.

In the past three years, he didn't want to punish him, so that the behavior of the old brothers was somewhat restrained. But one is worried that he will overreact and fall into the infamy of a bird's bow. Second, he wanted to concentrate most of his energy on the river control project and provide the prince with various necessary guarantees in addition to money and food. Fortunately, the river control project is about to be successfully completed. The crown prince also returned to Bianliang with his Donggong lineage!

If the crown prince returns, the father and son can plan well and slowly complete the integration and transfer of power. Anyway, I've endured it for three years, and it's no longer a month or two!' Thinking that after Chai Rong returned to Bianliang, the father and son could join forces again, and Guo Wei's tired body suddenly surged out of a mysterious momentum.

I think that back then, when he was first in charge of the army, there was no shortage of grain, grass, baggage, and talents. It was the righteous son Chai Rong, who led the caravan to the north and south with a body that was not a weak crown, bringing back rich dividends for him, so that he would no longer have to worry about "waiting for rice to go to the pot". And now, it's time for him to provide enough support to his righteous son Chai Rong, as long as the father and son join forces again, I don't believe it, who would dare to stir up the wind and rain again!

"Li Fu, bring me some more wine, I want to have a good drink today. Lifting the pen, on the joint petition of Fu Lao Wolf and Gao Xingzhou, Long Feifeng danced and approved a line of words, Guo Wei put the chapter in the basket that needed to be implemented most urgently, and then ordered with great interest.

"Yes!" the eunuch Li Fu had never said much, replied in a low voice, and trotted to arrange for someone to fetch the wine.

Look at the man's gray hair and legs, which are no longer flexible, and then look at his solid chest and short black beard. Guo Wei couldn't help but smile proudly again.

He's not old, he still has plenty of energy. It is enough to help the righteous son to the position of the prison country, and enough to shovel out some thorns for the righteous son. Of course, in this process, if it can be done without bloodshed, it is better not to bleed.

Although the old brothers acted a little more perversely, it was mainly because they had never wielded so much power before. As long as he and Jungui join forces, without a trace, they can cut off the ambitions that have just grown in the stomachs of the old brothers, and there is no need to make them bloody, just like the little emperor Liu Chengyou did at the beginning.

The chef in the imperial dining room has not yet suppressed the fire. Seeing that the little eunuchs came to fetch wine again, they hurriedly cooked a few of Guo Weiping's favorite dishes and invited someone to send them to the Chengde Palace. Guo Wei was also in a happy mood, so he ate more soju again, and then glanced at the guards at the door who had begun to doze off, and instructed very considerately: "It's also late now, so let's all go down and rest." Don't worry about me, nothing can happen in the palace. After I finished eating, I didn't go to the dormitory, just dealt with it here for the night. ”

"Obey!" The guards were accustomed to Guo Wei spending the night alone in the Chengde Palace, bowed in unison, and then slowly retreated into the surrounding night.

"You can also go down and sleep for a while, I don't have to wait now!" Seeing that the old eunuch Li Fu was still motionless with a wine jug next to the bookcase, Guo Wei raised his foot and kicked him gently, and gently added: "When I need it, I will order someone to call you up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! The old slave is not sleepy, and the old slave is willing to stay up all night with the emperor. There is a familiar person waiting by the side, and it is convenient for His Majesty to use it. Li Fu straightened his waist very consciously and responded in a low voice.

"Okay, I won't be hard for you. Guo Wei thought about it and nodded slightly. The other party is reasonable, if an acquaintance is not around, he himself will be awkward.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Fu bowed to Guo Wei, and then carefully filled the wine cup.

served two emperors of the previous dynasty, and was later selected to serve Guo Wei. He knows how to cherish the blessings of the present. Compared with Liu Zhiyuan's meanness and suspicion and Liu Chengyou's willful nonsense, the Great Zhou Emperor in front of him is simply the reincarnation of a saint. He doesn't get angry with others at every turn, he doesn't like to lose his temper, and he doesn't like to shout and kill. The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are rarely violent. The only thing that makes people feel uncomfortable is that they are too "lonely". It may be too much to describe it as "food is not heavy on meat, and clothing is not heavy on vegetarian". But the emperor who stayed up all night to review and review the folds and was reluctant to light all the candles, Li Fu really hadn't heard of the second one!

Because of the sincere awe in his heart, when Li Fu poured wine for Guo Wei, he inevitably poured it more diligently. And Guo Wei was really in a good mood tonight, almost one sip at a time, and soon, he drank the second pot of old wine to the bottom. So, they successively ordered people to get the third pot, the fourth pot, and the fifth pot, and when the eunuchs finally had the courage to invite Yang Guifei out of the horse and persuade him not to drink it anymore, the sixth pot of wine had already fallen most of his stomach.

Fortunately, he was like a stream, and he didn't need Yang Guifei to persuade him more, so he put down the wine cup with a smile, and staggered back to the dormitory with the support of the eunuch and palace maid.

The Yellow River is tamed!

On both sides of the Yellow River, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land have been newly developed.

Since then, the Great Zhou Dynasty has no worries about food shortages, and internal affairs can be gradually straightened out.

When the internal affairs are straightened out and the grain and grass are sufficient, you can let the prince supervise the country, and then take back the sixteen states of Yanyun by yourself!

It was lost by his own generation, and naturally he had to take it back by his own generation. You can't leave the trouble to the children. The Khitan civil strife was an opportunity given by God to the Great Zhou. Da Zhou can't help but grasp.

When the brethren's breasts are filled with ambition again, they are once again united in the outworld. Naturally, there is no energy to pour into each other, and between monarchs and ministers, there will naturally be a beginning and an end.

Thinking about the plan for the next ten years, Guo Wei fell asleep in a daze. In his sleep, he saw his wife Chai Fei's gentle smile. Pulling the children of the two, Brother Qing and Brother Yi, stood at the gate together, sent him off on the expedition, and blessed him to set foot on Yanshan Mountain as soon as possible......

"Brother Qing, Brother Yi......" The two children were not killed by the two, but fled to the people just like Shi Yanbao did back then, and then were found by his wife! In an instant, Guo Wei happily jumped off the horse and ran to his wife and children with open arms.

However, his arms and legs suddenly froze in mid-air, unable to move a bit.

"No-" The old wife and two sons in front of him slowly disappeared, and Guo Wei opened his mouth and shouted. When I suddenly opened my eyes, I saw only a bright and gorgeous sleeping tent.

The old wife is long gone!

Brother Yi and Brother Qing were killed!

He is now the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he is a real loner!

The warm dreams disappeared, but the cold reality became clearer and clearer.

Suddenly, he felt a tingling pain in his heart, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and then he completely lost consciousness.