Early morning.

Light appeared on the horizon and dispelled the darkness.

An originally unknown hill on the Loess Plateau is now named Zushen Mountain.

Shi Xian, the governor of Shanxi, built a large-scale temple on the mountain.

The main sacrifice is Dayu.

Accompanying the sacrifice was Guan Yu, the god of war in Shanxi.

It's called the Temple of the Ancestors.

In the main hall of the temple, there are statues of Dayu and Guan Yu. On the wall by skilled painters, painted by the story of Dayu's water control mural.

There are many trees planted in the temple.

A stone-paved road leads from the foot of the hill to the temple. There are many small trees planted along the roadside.

Dayu's water control is not only a historical story, but also a mythological story. When it happened and what exactly happened, no one knows.

However, the Han Emperor's governance of the Yellow River and the Loess Plateau began with this ancestral mountain.

Soon after, a large number of Ouchi guards in armor went up to the ancestral temple along the mountain road. Erect a spear and fork the waist, three steps and one post, and be strictly guarded.

The temple in the temple put on gorgeous clothes and began to prepare for the sacrifice.

The sound of bells and drums is melodious.

"Da-da-da-da."

After getting ready on the mountain, a large number of people and horses came to the foot of the mountain with Luanyu, the son of heaven. In addition to the ministers of civil and military affairs, the Ouchi guards, and the eunuchs, there were many ordinary people.

Most of them are Sun Tinghe, Sun Huchen, etc., the leaders of various villages in Shanxi, and the local influential squires.

There are also many people who learned the news and took the initiative to participate in the meeting.

Such as Taiyuan scholars Liu Minzhi and Zhang Kuang.

Even Zhu Zhongguo, who had been relieved and returned to the field, wrote to Wu Nian after learning the news, asking to come to the meeting.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Ouchi's guards and eunuchs opened the way. Wu Nian wore the emperor's crown robe, wore twelve crowns, and led the crowd to the ancestral temple.

After going up the mountain, the Son of Heaven first sat in the wing, the minister of civil and military affairs stayed in the courtyard, and the entourage of the people participated in the sacrifice outside the temple.

Until the eunuch entered the wing room to enlighten the Son of Heaven, the auspicious time had arrived.

Wu Nian got up and walked out of the wing room and came to the main hall.

Bells and drums rang out.

The Son of Heaven is the gift of the ether prison, and he sacrifices to Dayu, one of the ancestral gods of China, and Guan Yu, the deputy sacrifice.

Wu Nian knelt down in front of the brightly colored statue of King Dayu with sincerity, bowed sincerely, and read it in his heart.

"King Yu controls the water, and the merit is in the future. The widow is not talented, and today he learns from King Yu to govern the Yellow River. I hope all goes well. ”

"Someday. The water of the Yellow River is clear, and the Loess Plateau becomes the Qingshan Plateau. ”

Outside the main hall. The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs knelt on the ground.

Outside the temple, hundreds of people knelt on the ground.

Under the command of the ceremonial officer, bow to the ancestral gods. Everyone was very devout, praying for the Yellow River to be clear and the mountains and rivers to be covered with green.

"Please bless your ancestors. Guan Sheng Immortal. I am a Han dynasty and the Yan River is clear. Liu Minzhi bowed and said silently in his heart.

"Please bless the ancestors, the emperor will control the water smoothly." Zhang Kuang said secretly in his heart.

"Please protect King Yu, I, Emperor Jianwu of the Han Dynasty, heal the Yellow River. Build big things like you did. Sun Tinghe said secretly in his heart.

"It's kind of boring." Sun Huchen thought as he bowed.

After the sacrifice was completed, the minister of civil and military affairs, as well as some of the people, entered the backyard of the temple to watch the Son of Heaven plant trees.

Among them are Sun Tinghe, Sun Huchen, Liu Minzhi, and Zhang Kuang.

Wu Nian took off the crown of the Son of Heaven, untied the crown of the Son of Heaven, changed into a brocade robe with sleeves, took a shovel, and dug a large pit in a pre-built flower bed.

Two Ouchi guards carried a small elm tree and lowered it into the pit. Wu Nian buried the soil with a shovel, took the bucket from the hand of a Ouchi guard, and poured water into the flower bed.

After doing this, Wu Nian handed over the shovel and bucket to the Ouchi guards. He turned back to the temple and said, "You have to take good care of this temple, and don't abandon it." ”

"And this bare mountain."

"After ten or twenty years, the widow hopes that the mountain will be rich in vegetation."

"Yes."

Miaozhu immediately knelt down and bowed.

Wu Nian nodded slightly, and then had lunch and rested on the mountain with the civil and military ministers, people, and Ouchi guards who participated in the sacrifice, and led the crowd to leave the Ancestral God Mountain.

After the sacrifice was over, Sun Tinghe, Sun Huchen and others dispersed in all directions and returned to their villages and towns to contribute to the work of controlling water and mountains.

Liu Minzhi, Zhang Kuang and other aspiring scholars recommended themselves as water officials and mountain officials to participate in the work.

So far.

Wu Nian's work in Shanxi has been completed. The rest of the work was presided over by Shi Xian, the governor of Shanxi.

The Son of Heaven led the army to leave Taiyuan, go east through the Taihang Mountains, and return to the capital.

The small elm tree he planted in the ancestral temple has been known as the Emperor's Tree ever since.

Every day, there are people who water and take care of it.

This ancestral temple, also because of the water control, and the incense is vigorous, and the Shanxi people who go to the mountain to worship are endless.

After worshipping the ancestral gods, people must also visit the Emperor Tree.

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In ancient times, the traffic was really inconvenient.

In particular, the cement roads in Shanxi are still being paved, and most of them are still dirt roads. The Han soldiers had more horses and horses, and they carried more baggage, so they walked very slowly.

But after leaving the Taihang Mountain and reaching the flat land, the Han army embarked on a concrete road, and the marching speed increased greatly.

When Wu Nian left the capital, the weather was still cold.

When I came back, it was winter again.

The farmland on both sides of the avenue, harvested with crops, is bare, and looks very desolate.

Luan Yunei.

The stove exudes warmth, and the bearskin blanket covers the body very warmly.

Wu Nian sat cross-legged, his face flushed from the heat. He pushed open the window, and a cold wind poured in, making him feel excited, but also cool.

He looked at the fields next to him, and a smile appeared on his face.

This year, the territory of the Han Dynasty. North to the Outer Khing'an Mountains, south to the Yellow River, east to Fusang, all of them are smooth wind and rain, this year's grain harvest.

Today, the territory of the Han Dynasty is large, the population is extremely large, and the output is extremely large.

The grain tax collected this year should not be too generous, and there is no need to worry about military rations next year and the year after.

Wu Nian looked at the country he had laid down with satisfaction for a while, then closed the car window, put the blanket on his face, and fell into a deep sleep.

As I got older, the journey became more difficult.

He misses a little bit of the days when he was younger, when he could fight without sleep.

When the Son of Heaven returned to the capital, the soldiers and horses had their own places to go. Only the Ouchi guards, surrounded by the Son of Heaven Luanyu, entered the capital.

Wu Nian made a special decree and ordered the cabinet not to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to meet him, which was very low-key.

After a year of governance.

The Han army was strong and strong, and basically leveled the rebels, bandits, and bandits in Hebei, and its foundation in Hebei gradually became stronger.

The society is in good order.

Business dealings, a steady stream.

The vitality injected by the Han Dynasty has allowed the people of Hebei to live a good life.