After the funeral, Liu Zhi dismissed the clan and asked most of the courtiers to return to Luoyang first.

Now that he has returned to his hometown, he plans to stay here for a few days, wait until after his mother's 100-day festival before leaving, and by the way, check the livelihood of the people in Jizhou.

Jizhou is not conspicuous among the states of the Han Dynasty, and although it is an imperial township, it has not received much special care.

When he had not yet conquered the Xianbei tribe and Wuhuan in the north, Jizhou belonged to the border and was stationed with soldiers and horses all year round.

After the border moved north, Jizhou became an inland area, but he did not have the strong foundation of the Central Plains, and he did not have the wealth and fertility of the south of the Yangtze River.

Sandwiched in the middle, it doesn't go up or down, and it doesn't have any features.

Even in recent years, in order to balance the development of various states in the country, Liu Zhi has traveled around, but he has never considered Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou and other places.

After all, there is neither an imminent commercial conflict nor too barren, and more support must be stepped up.

The south of Jizhou is dominated by plains, but the north is a lofty mountain, the soil and climate are not bad, but worse than the Central Plains.

In addition, Jizhou was the border before, and there was a certain gap between agricultural development and the Central Plains, although it is much better than more than ten years ago, but the output still needs to be improved.

Due to the flat terrain, the plain county is considered to be very wealthy among the counties in Jizhou.

Today, agriculture is dominated by cotton, potatoes, sweet potatoes and wheat, but because of the sandy loam soil, water resources are not abundant, so only dryland crops can be grown.

As long as he finds a way to solve the water source, in fact, Jizhou's agricultural development is promising, and in addition, in his memory, Jizhou is a very rich area of mineral resources.

Coking coal, iron ore, gold ore, and oil deposits are abundant, and now the steam age has gradually entered, and the demand for coking coal has increased significantly.

However, at present, the main coal producing areas of Dahan are concentrated in Bingzhou and Yuzhou, and the iron ore in Jizhou is a poor mine, but the advantage is that it is easy to mine and easy to mine.

Therefore, the iron ore in Jizhou has been developed, but the scale is not large, and now the industrial development momentum is rapid, and it is time to increase the amount of mining.

The iron ore in Jizhou is relatively easy to develop, and it can be tried to be industrialized, and if you have always relied on the labor of felons, it is not a long-term solution.

Liu Zhi lived in the Plains Palace, which was expanded on the basis of the original Liwu Marquis Mansion, Liu Shuo had a thrifty personality, so the palace did not look luxurious, it was mainly practical.

Speaking of which, Liu Shuo has been serious since he was a child, but he never expected that he would be an infatuated species.

After the death of his wife, he spent a few years alone and finally followed.

The husband and wife were buried together, and the cemetery was near Boling, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of a pair of heavenly and earthly love.

The current King of the Plains, Liu An, is their eldest son, who is eighteen years old, and has inherited the good looks of the King of the Plains, and is a beautiful young man.

Before the Empress Dowager Yun fell ill, she kept talking about finding him a good family, but Liu An herself was not in a hurry, and wrote to Empress Dowager Yun that she wanted to marry a few years later.

As a result, this delay has not yet been decided, although his parents died early, Liu An's personality is more cheerful than his father.

He is also more concerned about the political affairs of the county, and it is said that he inherited the characteristics of his parents' love of reading.

As the king of the county, he should be destined to have no worries about food and clothing in this life, and there is no other future to speak of, just do his duty as the king of the county.

Since Liu Shuo's death, Liu Zhi has been more concerned about the King of the Plains, and has rewarded him a lot every year, and occasionally writes letters to care about his recent situation.

Therefore, although the uncle and nephew are relatively strange, the relationship is not bad, and Liu Zhi also personally inspected his studies.

The ancient clan had a strong concept of bloodline, and the relationship between uncle and nephew and father and son was only slightly worse, but because the royal family was more special, there was an extra layer of the name of the monarch and minister, so it was much colder.

Liu Zhi lived in Jizhou for a month, learned in detail about the local ore reserves, and instructed the Ministry of Industry to prepare to vigorously support development.

This time, there will be a recruitment process, and it is planned that in the future, the infrastructure will be much better than in other mines.

Prepare for semi-mechanical work, rail steam car transport, pulley hoisting, gunpowder blasting, steam pumping machine work, and much more.

In terms of labor and efficiency, it is a little easier than before.

Liu Zhi urged the officials of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Industry in Jizhou to make a preliminary plan, which was reassured.

As for the gold mines, he has no plans to mine them for the time being, and since the Western Han Dynasty, due to the sharp decline in the empire's gold reserves, gold has basically withdrawn from the payment market.

Nowadays, the main use is for jewelry and ornaments, and since the opening of the Silk Road, Liu Zhi has encouraged merchants to buy gold nuggets from Tianzhu and other places.

As for his country's gold mines, he plans to keep them for now and talk about them later.

Seeing that it has entered the winter moon, the climate in the north is very cold, and heavy snow has begun to fall, which has brought a lot of trouble to the return trip.

Liu Zhi still waited until the end of the month to hold a grand 100-day festival for his mother, he had no impression of his mother in his previous life, and he had never enjoyed maternal love.

However, this defect was finally made up for because of the loving Empress Dowager Yun, a mother-son fate, because life and death finally came to an end.

But he felt that there was no regret, life and death were fateful, and no one would be spared.

At the end of winter, the emperor began to return to Beijing, this time without a heavy coffin and without a group of ladies to hold back.

Therefore, Liu Zhi planned to return to Beijing in half a month, just in time to return to the palace for the New Year.

Jizhou is northeast of Luoyang, Liu Zhi and others drove lightly, the speed was very fast, and a few days later they entered Yin, Henan.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and as soon as they arrived at the realm of Chaoge, they encountered a violent snowstorm.

The group was isolated here, delayed for a few days, this day the snow stopped, the weather was fine, and they were planning to hurry up and return to Beijing.

Liu Zhigang got into the carriage in the morning, but he began to have a headache for some reason, and he only thought it was a cold at that time, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

After a while, he suddenly felt that his headache had intensified, like a hammer beating violently in his brain.

Although he is an emperor and has never been delicate, this time he felt unbearable and had a headache.

Queen Deng Meng was also frightened, and hurriedly stopped in a small town on the side of the road, and while asking the imperial doctor to find a way, she sent someone to rush into the capital to invite the old dean Dou Yun to come.

In the afternoon, Liu Zhi was already in prostration, and the doctor had no choice but to prescribe him a sleeping potion, and then cooperate with acupuncture to let him barely sleep.

When something like this happened, the accompanying officials were all in a heavy mood, anxiously waiting for Dou Yun to come over, and hurriedly blocking the news.

Fortunately, it was a heavy snowy day, and now the transportation is inconvenient, so it is relatively easy to block the news.

The emperor was violently ill, and it happened to be halfway through, and a bad one would cause turmoil in the imperial court.

Although His Majesty was only thirty-six years old, there were few emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty who lived a long life, and most of them died of violent illness.

In the event that His Majesty dies in the middle of the road, and he does not make the crown prince, a battle for the heir will hardly be spared.

This time, the only high-ranking officials who stayed in Jizhou with Liu Zhi were Li Ying and Xun Shuang, and the rest were either ordered to guard the imperial court from the beginning, or they had already returned after the funeral.

Both of them were quick to make a decision, decisively ordered to block the news, and immediately went to the queen Deng Meng to discuss the next step.

"Your Majesty is usually in strong health, even if this disease is menacing, but I don't think there will be any big problems.

Make plans now, isn't it too chilling for Your Majesty. ”

Deng Meng and Liu Zhi have been married for many years, and they are very affectionate, and they are not willing to accept the worst plan at all.

"The queen's words are fallacious, Your Majesty is concerned about the safety of the country, and according to tradition, he should have been established a long time ago.

If His Majesty were in Beijing, we wouldn't say much, but now that we are far away from Chaoge, once there is any accident, it will cause a disaster for the court.

Therefore, this is not the time for the queen to be sad, and it should be considered for the sake of the national society and the two princes. ”

Li Ying immediately persuaded him with righteous and stern words, and Xun Shuang also echoed on the side, "The country cannot be without a prince for a day, the prince is the foundation of the dynasty, and I hope the queen will think twice." ”

Deng Meng was not an ordinary virtuous and virtuous weak woman, so after thinking about it, he finally decided to listen to the opinions of the two important ministers.

"I think Your Majesty is the sky, and at this moment there is already a big mess, and I ask the two gentlemen to give me some guidance."

The two glanced at each other, they had already unified their opinions before this, thinking that in the case of a descendant prince, they should still appoint their eldest son Liu Jin as the crown prince.

The mother family of the eldest son Liu Wei had rebelled, and it was really not suitable to be a relative, and it would become a particularly unstable factor for the country in the future.

But the queen's maiden family is different, she has always been knowledgeable, benevolent and righteous, as evidenced by the Empress Dowager Deng back then.

During her tenure as the queen mother, although the Deng family was glorious for a while, it did not disturb the court, nor did it show off its might and oppress the people.

Therefore, among the relatives of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Deng family was the only one who could retreat with his whole body.

Deng Meng's brother, Deng Yan, the Duke of Nanhai, has a noble character and is a well-known virtuous minister.

And the queen herself is also sensible, virtuous and generous, not that kind of confused woman.

The only drawback is that the eldest son Liu Jin is only eleven years old, although he is smart and studious, he is indeed younger.

But fortunately, after Liu Zhi perfected the imperial court system over the years, even without the participation of the emperor, it could ensure normal operation.

So what they need now is a queen mother who does not interfere in the affairs of the court, and a new emperor who can be expected in the future.

As for Liu Wei, the king of Qinghe, what he did in the secretary province is obvious to all, this son likes to be smart and has to dictate everything.

Li Ying and Xun Shuang both believe that this is very unfavorable to the current situation, and they don't need an emperor who is too thoughtful, as long as they can keep it.

As for ability, it can be cultivated slowly.

Now that the queen is able to accept their arrangement, she is one step closer to success.

"If you want to establish a prince, you must obtain the approval of Yuan Xu, Chen Fan, Du Mi and others.

Of course, it would be better if His Majesty could personally issue an edict, and please ask the queen to think of a way for herself. ”

Liu Zhi couldn't wake up, Deng Meng was worried, although she didn't want Liu Zhi to have an accident in her heart, but Li Ying was also reasonable, and she must be prevented.

Otherwise, if King Qinghe takes the opportunity to ascend to the throne, the three of them, mother and son, may have a worrying future.

The Chaoge town where they temporarily settled is called Lugut Town, which is at the foot of Lugut Mountain.

That night, the queen and Li Ying sent people to Luoyang to contact Yuan Xu and other important ministers of the imperial court.

Liu Zhi had been asleep that night, and he felt that his consciousness was fluttering, as if he had returned to a thousand years later, and saw the moment when he finally had a car accident.

also knew a lot of things he didn't know in his previous life, and it turned out that his car accident was not an accident, but man-made.

He wanted to change his mind and become a new man, but the gang boss was worried that he would take the opportunity to denounce him, so he simply caused a car accident.

His friend Applejack, in a fit of rage, came forward to report the entire gang, for which he himself was sentenced to three years in prison.

However, the black-hearted boss was sentenced to death, which can be regarded as revenge for him.

After Ah Ming was imprisoned, he found an ordinary job and became an ordinary person.

This ending made Liu Zhi very pleased, so far he has no regrets in his heart for his previous life.

And his nominal father, in his past and present lives, he never considered it.

It wasn't until dawn that Liu Zhi woke up leisurely, although he still had a splitting headache, but fortunately he was still conscious.

A strange illness fell from the sky, could he really not escape the gears of history and will fall here?

When Deng Meng saw him wake up, he couldn't help but feel sad and happy, "Your Majesty ......"

"Thank you for your hard work."

However, it is a good thing to be able to change Deng Meng's final fate, Liu Zhiqiang endured a headache, as an emperor, even if his fate is on the line, he must consider his country.

This is the mission of the emperor and cannot be shirked.

"Spread that Li Ying and Xun Shuang are coming, I want to make an edict, and you let Ah Jin and Ah Yu also wait for news outside the palace."

Hearing the word edict, Deng Meng only felt that his eyes were red, but he still silently endured his grief and went out to convey the order.

Li Ying and Xun Shuang hurried over, and when they saw Liu Zhi's face white and depressed, they knew that there was no improvement in the slightest.

The two of them couldn't help but sink their hearts, it seems that the situation is not good.

"Gong Li, you persuaded me to establish a prince several times, but I thought it was too early, but who knew that people were impermanent......"

They are all Liu Zhi's close ministers, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister is usually good, but when they hear such sad words, they all feel sad from it.

"Your Majesty has a good life to rest, and your own subordinates share your worries for Your Majesty, and you can temporarily appoint the prince to supervise the country, so you don't have to think too much."

Liu Zhi nodded, "What arrangements did the two of you make yesterday?" ”

As long as Liu Zhi is alive, everything they do is under control, and the two of them know that they can't hide it, so they describe it one by one.

"Well, you guys did a good job, but if Dean Dou went north overnight, he would immediately be associated with the result by someone who cares."

With Dou Yun's qualifications, the only person who can let him personally dispatch the entire Han Dynasty is the emperor.

Instead of waiting for him to take action, it must be an incurable disease, and he is still seriously ill.

The medical school has complicated personnel, and even if he leaves secretly, it will be difficult to hide the news, and sooner or later the news will leak out.

Li Ying and the others didn't fail to consider this, but Liu Zhi's condition was critical, so he didn't take risks.

"Xun Shuang, immediately draft an edict for me, and appoint my eldest son Liu Jin as the crown prince.

As for the Jingshi, the eldest princess of Yang'an supervised the country, and temporarily handed over the command of the forbidden army to her to transfer. ”