The extravagance of the nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty really originated after the prosperity of Wuzong.

Before Emperor Wuzong, most of the monarchs of the past dynasties advocated simplicity, at that time, the country was initially determined, and the border troubles were not settled, so since the time of Gaozu, except for the prince and prince, most of the titles are actually not sealed, do not enjoy the food, if it is not for the deep foundation of the prestige, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty because of the dragon meritorious and the scenery of the princes and nobles is actually not rich, and even the queen of Gaozu has set an example, ordering the internal and external women to obey, the skirt width does not exceed six, and the skirt length can not drag the ground.

It was not until Wuzong destroyed the Turks, conquered Goguryeo, subdued the barbarians, and led all the countries to the dynasty to achieve the rule of the prosperous era, so it was necessary to reward the heroes, at that time, the world was under great rule, and the national strength was strong, which can be described as "rice flowing fat and corn white, and public and private warehouses were abundant", and the people were able to have enough food and clothing, and the life of the nobles was really gradually transitioning to luxury.

After Wuzong, the kings of the past dynasties are more than one good and happy, in Chang'an, even Luoyang, Taiyuan have built and expanded a lot of palaces and amusement gardens, the emperor is keen on playing and amusement, and gradually indulges in lust, it is inevitable that the national strength is declining, but the princes and nobles are more advocating extravagance and extravagance.

To the three dynasties of Yingzong, Suzong, and Dezong, in fact, there have been a lot of internal and external troubles, but the emperor has become more and more nepotistic, so that many unarmed people just because of flattery and favor to enjoy the abundance of wealth, the princes and nobles' homes, there are many coins to shop, edible utensils are not gold or jade, and even the private chicken house kennel costs millions, a peony in the aristocratic garden is often worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a family of civilians work all their lives, in addition to food and clothing, it is difficult to save more than 10,000 dollars.

Royal palaces such as Furong Garden and Xingqing Palace will be renovated and expanded every other year, and the treasures will be doubled.

The imperial court needed a huge amount of money to maintain the daily consumption of the royal family, so the taxes were increasingly heavy, and the official system was corrupt, and the wind of bullying was rampant, and the poor people had a hard time.

When Emperor Dezong, because of Princess Pei's advice, he had reduced taxes lightly, and even He Yan was in power, Pei Gong once wanted to reform the tax law and the Qingming official system, but unfortunately he was unjustly killed before seeing results, and the Queen Mother was in power during the period, although the taxes were not increased, but such as Mao Wei, Yuan Dezhi and other officials looted the people's wealth, the Queen Mother was like closing her eyes and listening.

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites advised to repair the Xingqing Palace, one is to meet the queen mother's mind, and the other is to fill his own pockets, after the chapter was submitted and thought that there was no hindrance, where did he think that he would be impeached by Shao Guang, this day the queen mother saw the prime minister and Jiuqing and these two people debated in court, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but be angry.

He is the Mao Wei Party, and he has always been inseparable from Wei Yuanping's party, and in the eyes of the Ministry of Rites, Shao Guang is not only Wei Yuanping's grandson-in-law, but of course Wei Dang.

The two argued endlessly, Wei Yuanping and Mao Wei of course had their own emphasis, the Queen Mother did not interrupt, and the two sides argued with a blushing face and thick neck, before deciding: "At present, the national crisis is at hand, and it is true that we should be frugal in spending, and it is indeed inappropriate to repair Xingqing Palace at this time, so Shao Yushi's advice should be adopted." ”

So he dismissed the advice of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and ordered to set an example to put an end to extravagance, cut and dismiss 800 palace people, advocated frugality in three meals, and did not hold palace banquets on festivals such as New Year's Day and Lantern Festival, and even donated his hairpin ring jewelry as military funds, and announced to the world that even the Queen Mother's birthday would no longer have a big feast.

Since the queen mother was the leader, several ministers of great powers responded one after another, and they all ordered their families to be thrifty every day, and donated private wealth to replenish military funds.

King Ruyang's mood these days is quite impetuous.

When he first heard that Youyan had fallen, he was actually ecstatic, thinking that he finally had the opportunity to pull out Yao Qian, the queen mother's minions, and even mobilize public opinion to question the queen mother's improper use of people to cause such a heavy blow, maybe he could fight for the head of Zongzheng Hall to take power in one go, at least because he recommended Zhou Chang to be the main general of Zhenbei and gather a vital arm to help, who knew that the queen mother actually ignored He Ye and Wu Wei Hou colluded and urged Wu Wei Hou to go to the side!

However, the king of Nanyang, who has never asked about military politics, suddenly favored the queen mother on this incident, and Zongzhengtang finally reached a consensus with the political affairs hall.

Even if Yao Qian's minions can be removed, Wu Weihou still can't be used for himself, what's the point?

King Ruyang was angry, but he didn't know that the Queen Mother actually ordered to reduce the benefits due to the clan's food and Lutian, which was like adding fuel to the fire.

So He Qi immediately contacted the princes and nobles to protest.

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother was trapped.

It turned out that Shao Guang's impeachment and admonition to put an end to the construction of the palace and extravagance and waste had been widely spread, and many scholars and people praised Shao Yushi for being loyal to Geng Liangchen, of course, he also praised the queen mother for following the advice and being thrifty for the country's virtue, and of course public opinion would reproach the king of Ruyang and others for greedy personal interests and disregard for the monarchy.

In order to save his reputation, he had to pull back from the precipice.

King Ruyang finally realized that the fall of Youyan not only did not bring him any benefits, but even the Queen Mother became a beneficiary!

It was only at this time that Shao Guang suddenly realized - this is the purpose of the Queen Mother, using his influence among the Qingliu scholars to win the praise of the people who are dedicated to the public, as long as the Marquis of Wuwei can protect Shuo Jin from losing, the Empress Dowager will be able to turn the danger into a disaster this time, and even after the Marquis of Wuwei recovers the lost land of Yan Zhao, the Empress Dowager will learn that the reputation of being a good person is comparable to that of Queen Wen!

He couldn't help but be annoyed, and was unwilling to be used by the Queen Mother.

Instead, Lu Li comforted him with warm words: "Why should Borong be frustrated? Advocating thrift and suppressing extravagance is a policy that benefits the country and the people, although Borong is used by the Queen Mother, it is not for the tiger to advocate. ”

"But the Queen Mother has become the biggest beneficiary after all." Shao Guang was very troubled: "Isn't it not conducive to the great cause of His Highness?" ”

"The Queen Mother's move is also forced by the times, and now there is the King of Ruyang against it, the Queen Mother will naturally pay special attention to reputation, and the fall of Youyan, there will be war, but the treasury is empty, so we must advocate frugality, but the Empress Dowager Wei is greedy for vanity by nature, if there is a day when the real power is in hand, it will be completely exposed to bad deeds, and then the world will understand that what the Queen Mother is doing today is just a matter of interests, not the master, and it is more contrary to virtue."

In fact, the reduction of the welfare of the prince of the clan is the queen mother's consistent advocacy, the treasury is empty, and the weight of taxes can not be increased for the time being, and the queen mother's mausoleum is still stopped.

In mid-September, Wu Weihou was officially appointed as the general of Zhenbei, and led 8,000 forbidden troops to the expedition, accompanied by Xie Raoping, the governor of the political affairs, and accompanied by Yushu, one was to recruit and transfer a total of 15,000 guards from the Zhichong Mansion of Tongzhou and Huaerzhou; A total of 100,000 guards of more than 100 military governments in Hedong Province obeyed the dispatch of Wuwei Hou to defend against the enemy at any time, and they also assumed the heavy responsibility of escorting Yao Qian, the former general of the northern part of the town, to Beijing and supervising the handover matters.

On the day of the expedition, the sky rained cold, but the queen mother still took the little emperor to Yanxing Gate to see him off, the civil and military officials were under the gatehouse, and for a while the flag was displayed and the carriage and horses were solemn, after the oath was finished, the iron armor was draped in sideburns and hairpins were white, and the Wuwei Hou looked back at the gatehouse, at this time he could not see the face of the queen mother and the son of heaven, the cold rain was blowing on his face, but his mood was like a wave surging, and he could not calm down for a long time.

He didn't expect this day to come so quickly, and he knew that embarking on this journey today was the true starting point of the road to honor and disgrace.

In the crowd, it was difficult for him to distinguish the figure of His Royal Highness the Lord King Jin who was really serving, but he knew that His Highness must be standing there, watching in silence.

In this war, there is no room for loss in the family, the country, the public and the private!

He remembered the night that had just passed, the Queen Mother forced His Royal Highness the King of Jin to bring his granddaughter to the Hou Mansion to see him off, His Royal Highness held the liquor in his hand as a salute, there were no superfluous words, only the word "rest assured", he remembered the old wife with red eyes, and this morning he personally dressed himself in armor, those chattering words.

His Royal Highness treats Erniang very kindly.

Only this sentence comforted him the most.

At this moment, Wu Weihou believed in his choice.

He looked at his children and grandchildren in their prime, all of them resolute and resolute.

He is already old, maybe this is the battlefield where the horse leather shroud died in battle, and he can never return to Chang'an, but he is not melancholy, and he is even more fearless, because the children of the Qin family have grown up, his eldest grandson is deeply respected by the king of Jin, and the eldest granddaughter has a stable home.

As long as they can pacify the rebels and help the King of Jin achieve great causes, the Qin clan will no longer be bullied.

So he looked forward to the future, and even though the rain and fog were miserable, he would never hesitate again.

Your Royal Highness, the old minister will be able to live up to his hopes, swear to stick to the Reed Ze Pass, and strive to ensure that Jinshuo is not lost, and the old minister will be in the north, waiting for His Royal Highness to go to the domain.

He Ye was "forced" by the Queen Mother to see him off today, and he seemed to be careless, standing in the clan array headed by King Nanyang, and everyone around him didn't know his true state of mind at this time.

In the past three years, this crucial step has finally been taken, although it is still difficult to determine the outcome of the victory, but after all, it is an official step.

His eyes were slightly raised, but after watching the vast thousands of people and horses finally go away to the depths of the rain and fog, He Ye was the first to turn around.

He didn't feel relieved, let alone relaxed and happy, the national disaster was coming, but the feeling of only pinning his hopes on others was really not good, God knew how much he wanted to go with the horse and sword with the battlefield, but he also understood that this was not his time, he could only stay here, continue to fight with the Queen Mother, and wait anxiously for the battle report from the front.

This war may not have anything to do with the life and death of He Ye, but it is related to the survival of He Zhou's monarchy, but as a descendant of the surname He, there is no other way but to wait passively, it is ironic to think about it, how can he be relieved?

Brother, if you have a spirit in the sky, you will definitely protect Wuweihou to defeat the rebels, and my incompetent brother can only ask for help from your gods at this time.

Eleven Niang was not allowed to accompany her today, but she ignored the cold rain at this time, and went to the Lingxiao platform alone, more than ten days ago, the Queen Mother set up a Chongyang family banquet here, and the scene of singing and laughing seemed to be in front of her.

Of course, here today, it is quiet and bleak, especially overlooking the jade bricks and carved beams and eaves under the stage, which makes people feel the deep meaning of the sentence "the high place is not cold".

Standing here, I can't see the people going away, and it is impossible to see the smoke of war thousands of miles away.

Daming Palace is still so calm and prosperous.

But Eleven Niang clearly has a strong feeling that after the autumn of this year, all the ills of this country will be exposed one by one, and the world will be difficult to calm down!

She didn't know how she was feeling, whether she was more sarcastic or expecting more.

She is not a nephew surnamed He, in fact, she doesn't mind whether Jiangshan has changed her surname, she only knows that since her rebirth, she has been working step by step for several years, and it is not until today that she can really win a small game.

Wu Wei Hou was in charge of the army, which was very important to He Ye.

Wei Haichi, have you heard that your enemies have officially sounded their horns to you?

The war between us is officially unveiled today!