Badaling Chengguan has long since returned to its former tranquility.

Kuang Yu stood on the tower of the city every day, looking at the north, and one stop was a day.

In addition to being busy with the things at hand, Luo Tong will accompany Kwong Yu to stand on the street the rest of the time.

The howling north wind blew in my face, and my face hurt.

"Kuang Shangshu, it's getting dark, go back!"

"Hmm!"

Kwong nodded, but didn't move.

Luo Tong sighed secretly and said, "Kuang Shangshu, let's stop here today." ”

"Hmm!"

Kwong nodded again, still not moving.

"Kwong Shangshu ......"

"Give me a hand, my leg is numb!"

Luo Tong was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to help Kuang Yu, and was about to walk down from the city tower, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Kwong Yu seemed to sense something, and as soon as he turned around, he saw a dozen fast horses rushing from the west.

Seeing that it was from the west, the hope in his eyes fell silent again.

On this road, it may be sent by Datong or Xuanfu.

Kwong looked to the north again, and the empty grassland was unobstructed, and there was not even a ghost shadow.

He sighed and continued to walk downstairs.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and in an instant they came to the gate of the city, and the guards on the city wall asked in a loud voice, "Who is coming?" ”

As the neighing of horses sounded, a voice was heard.

"I am Li Zhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, I am ordered to go to Juyong Pass and open the door quickly!"

Suddenly, Kuang Yu was stunned.

Then he ran back to the wall like mad and stared at the knight on his horse.

"Uncle Xiangcheng, is that you?"

Li Zhen raised her head and said in surprise: "Kuang Shangshu, why are you here?" ”

Kuang Yu looked at Li Zhen in disbelief and burst into tears with excitement.

"Uncle Xiangcheng, aren't you with the emperor, is the emperor okay?"

Li Zhen replied: "Don't worry, the emperor is in Huailai City!" ”

"God forbid, God forbid!"

Kwong Yu's legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground and began to cry.

Luo Tong couldn't comfort Kuang Wei, and hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened and Li Zhen and his party into the barracks.

Kuang Yu cried all the way from the city wall to the barracks, and Li Zhen, who was crying, felt furious in her heart, and said in her heart What happened to this old man, what happened to the family?

Luo Tong asked: "Uncle Xiangcheng, why doesn't the emperor go back to Beijing directly, but stay in Huailai?" ”

"That's exactly what I'm here for!"

At that moment, Li Zhen told the story of the Huailai City guards who killed Liang and risked his merits on the way.

After listening, Luo Tong gritted his teeth angrily and said, "These dogs who kill a thousand knives should be cut with one knife!" ”

The emperor attached great importance to this matter and ordered on the spot that these people should be killed on the spot. However, Huailai City has been emptied of ten rooms and nine rooms, so the emperor ordered me to come to find Lord Luo and transport some supplies to Huailai as soon as possible to relieve the people in the city. ”

Luo Tong nodded and said, "Without further ado, the old man will arrange it overnight and set off early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Wait a minute!"

Li Zhen stopped him and asked, "Where are the people who the emperor rescued when he went out of the city to save now?" ”

Luo Tong replied: "Since the withdrawal of the Warat people, most of those people have been dismissed and returned to their hometowns, and there are still more than 1,000 people left homeless, temporarily staying in Juyongguan, doing some chores on weekdays, helping to transport some supplies and so on. ”

Li Zhen nodded and said: "Bring all these people tomorrow and tell them that the emperor will personally divide the house and land for them, so that everyone can live a good life!" ”

After finishing the business, Kuang Yu came up again and asked, "Uncle Xiangcheng, where has the emperor been these days, hurry up and tell the old man!" ”

"That's a long story!"

Speaking of the trip to the desert, Li Zhen's face was full of pride, and she began to talk eloquently......

Early the next morning, Li Zhen, Kuang Yu, Luo Tong and his entourage, with more than 1,000 people and a large amount of grain baggage, set off from Badaling and came all the way to Huailai City.

Due to the delivery of supplies, the team traveled slowly and did not arrive until dark.

At this time, Huailai City had been taken over by 3,000 battalions, and Ha Ming guarded the city gate and welcomed Li Zhen and others in.

"Minister Kuang Yu knocks to see the emperor, long live my emperor!"

"Chen Luotong knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Kuang and Luo Tong bowed their heads, these days, they looked at the north from the tower of Badaling City every day, just to wait for news.

At this moment, seeing that the emperor was safe and sound, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, and leaned on the ground and sobbed.

"Two Qing family, I'm not dead, why are you crying?"

"Your Majesty, be cautious, Your Majesty!"

Kuang Yu snorted and said with tears, "The emperor is the true son of the dragon, and he has been blessed with great fortune and turned danger into a disaster!" ”

"Alright, get up!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Li Zhen, go and move two chairs for the two Qing families!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at these two old men and asked with some puzzlement: "Kuang Qing's family, why haven't you gone back yet?" ”

Kuang Yu suddenly became excited again, and said: "Your Majesty, when you took the three thousand battalions and said to leave, how should you let the old ministers?" Later, Wara withdrew his troops, and the British Duke returned to Beijing with a large army first, and the minister waited for the emperor to come back in Badaling! ”

After listening to this, Zhu Qizhen was a little surprised, but he didn't expect this Kuang Shangshu to be quite righteous.

I thought that after this battle was over, I would quickly let Yu Qian take over your class, but now it seems that you still need to think carefully.

"Let the Qing family worry, speaking of which, it was indeed me who was too impulsive and didn't think about it at the beginning, I am here to accompany the Qing family!"

"Your Majesty, don't say that!" Kuang Yu shook his head and said, "For the sake of thousands of people who dare to risk their lives, such a benevolent and righteous act, even the original Emperor Hong Xiren, I'm afraid he can't do it!" ”

Zhu Qi Zhenxin said that if you praise me, praise me, don't step on my grandfather!

"Kuang Qing's family, this matter will come slowly in the future, I will come to Luo Qing's house today to discuss something."

Luo Tong hurriedly said: "Please ask the emperor to order!" ”

Zhu Qizhen's face gradually sank, and he said, "Regarding what happened in Huailai City, Li Zhen must have mentioned it to you, right?" ”

Luo Tong nodded and said, "The old minister has already heard of it, and such an act is simply inferior to a beast!" ”

"The main general Kang Neng, the deputy general Fan Cheng, and more than 500 sergeants were all beheaded on the spot!"

Luo Tong's heart sank and said, "It should be like this! ”

But what should the people of the city do? I've been walking around the city lately, and it's full of abandoned houses, and not a single one of the people remains. ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister has been ordered to transport the food and materials from Juyongguan, which can solve the urgent need, and most of the people who were personally saved by the emperor have returned to their hometowns, and there are still 1,500 people left, and the ministers have already brought them over."

"Good!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "These people can just replenish the lost people in the city, the blow suffered by Huailai City in this battle is too heavy, and if you want to regain your vitality, I'm afraid it will take a long way." ”

Kuang Yu said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, the old minister thinks that the top priority is for the imperial court to allocate some money and food to help the people, and then reorganize Huailaiwei. The location of Huailai City is very important, and the imperial court must pay attention to it. ”

Zhu Qizhen also thought so, but he had further plans.

To renovate and upgrade an old house, all you have to do is tinker.

But if this room is too damaged, and it will be futile to repair it, then it will have to be torn down and rebuilt.

If it is reconstruction, there are too many places to play, if I want to build a circle, I will build a circle, and if I want to build a square, then I will build a square.

Sooner or later, this Ming Dynasty will have to be demolished and rebuilt, so it's better to start with Huailai City!

"Luo Qing's family, I am going to hand over Huailai City to you, I don't know what you think?"

Luo Tong was unprepared in advance, but he nodded without hesitation and said, "Obey the order!" ”

"I don't just let you be in charge of the guards of Huailai City," Zhu Qizhen continued, "Military, political, civil, and judicial education, the Qing family must take care of all of them, how about it?" ”

"This ......" Luo Tong hesitated for a moment and nodded, "The minister should do his best!" ”

Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied, and said: "Then it's decided, from now on, appoint the Qing family as the commander of the military department, and the commander of Huailai City, and take charge of the affairs of Huailai City!" At the same time, he stepped down from the post of garrison of Juyongguan, and the military department of the post looked for another suitable candidate and reported to the imperial government for approval. ”

"Obey the order!"

"Obey the order!"

Although Luo Tong is a military attaché, he is not a meritorious service, but a scholar who was born in the imperial examination and has been a jinshi in Yongle for ten years.

The difference between literati and big bosses is that literati can lead troops, but big bosses can't manage civil affairs.

"Regarding the reconstruction of Huailai City, I have a preliminary plan, first of all, to check the houses, measure the acres of land, the ownerless houses and acres of land are temporarily under the management of the imperial court, and then uniformly distributed to the newly moved people, as for the construction of sanitation, medical and other facilities, I wrote it on paper, and the Qing family will read it for themselves!"

Luo Tong took the letter suspiciously and found that it was densely filled with words, about how to repair roads, how to drain sewers, the division of residential and commercial areas, hospitals and schools, and industrial parks......

"Your Majesty, you ......"

"What, what's the problem?"

"No, no!" Luo Tong hurriedly explained, "There is no problem, it is too detailed, the minister can't remember it for a while, so he has to take it back and read it slowly." ”