After a few days of marching, the emperor's chariot drove into the township, and a galloping road passed through the township, heading north to Jinyang. Along the way, Cushman & Wakefield has truly witnessed the barrenness and simplicity of this era, and has also seen a lot of beautiful mountains and rivers, but they are not as shocking as this galloping road brought to Cushman & Wakefield.

All roads lead to Rome, and this sentence is the same when it is transferred to Jinyang. Jinyang, as the capital of Daqi and the center of military power, relied on the Gao clan to compete for the world, and the transportation was naturally very convenient. According to the original historical trajectory, in a few decades, Li Yuan will also use Jinyang as the foundation to create the Tang Dynasty.

This is the real hegemony of the world. Whoever gets gets the world.

This was supposed to be a good hand, but it was broken by the Gao family. Politics is corrupt, the army is corrupt, and ethnic disputes frequently erupt. It can be said that Jinyang is not only the biggest reliance of Northern Qi, but also the biggest tumor of Northern Qi. The Six Towns are deeply entrenched, and these vested interests will be the biggest enemies on the road to reform at Cushman & Wakefield. However, it is precisely because of the strength of the six towns that Cushman & Wakefield must use all its capital to deal with it.

It is only possible to defeat the enemy if he really faces him.

The emperor patrols the world, he must have the power to deter the four directions, and the emperor walks in the middle of the procession, surrounded by tall and strong, tower-like armor soldiers. In the car, swaying and shaking, Gao Wei sat cross-legged, intently reviewing the folds. The noise of the convoy, the confusion of the horses' hooves, and the screeching of the bugles could not interfere with the high latitude that was in his thoughts. Even when he went on patrol, he did not let the emperor neglect political affairs.

Lu Ran watched the sun in the sky reach Zhongtian, so he moved lightly to the side of the carriage and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's time for dinner...... The emperor stopped reading and said, "Okay, let's pass the meal." The order went down, and ordered the whole army to rest for half a day. Lu Ran respectfully saluted, waved his hand, and stepped into the imperial palace barefoot with a few palace laves, carried down the full cart of music, and put the lunch up. The emperor's lunch was simple, a plate of roasted humps, a few hu cakes, a small plate of blanched wild vegetables, and a bowl of pigeon soup. Since he advocated diligence and thrift, Cushman has always been strict with himself. At this time, the dishes were not as varied as those of later generations, but they were acceptable to the high position, and even the bitter wild vegetables were not left in the stomach.

"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged for the hunt, and it can start tomorrow......"

"Good ......" Gao Wei plans to engage in a hunt, and the ministers can also relax and relax.

"Where is Gao Si good?" Gao Wei wiped the soup stains from the corners of his mouth and asked casually.

Lu Ran said: "The king of Nan'an has led the front army to Pingding, and he is waiting for the holy car at any time. ”

Cushman nodded and asked no more.

The king of the sect who accompanied him this time, Gao Wei had already arranged specific affairs, so that Gao Wei couldn't raise his head when he was tired here, but they were idle.

"So, where is the queen's car?"

"Niangniang's car has just set off from Shangdang, and it is still in the back, and it is half a day's journey from here...... The Queen Mother's illness won't get better for a while......"

Gao Wei bowed his head: "It's hard for the queen, she takes care of the queen mother for me, and I am relieved......"

was about to let Lu Ran retreat, but saw him standing there with a tangled expression, without his usual eyesight at all, and couldn't help frowning: "Do you have anything else?" Lu Ran paused for a long time, and then said: "Niang Niang said that Your Majesty is tired of traveling and driving, and she has to approve and fold, and it is hard, so she sent a few palace maids, saying that it is convenient to take care of Your Majesty's living ......" He opened half of his body sideways, and Gao Wei saw several tall and slender shadows outside the curtain.

Gao Wei glanced at them a few times, and then said, "Arrange them first, tell the queen, I thank her for her kindness, let her take care of herself." ”

Gone? Lu Ran secretly looked at Gao Wei's face, well, it's really gone...... So he could only retreat silently and arrange these good-looking palace ladies around the emperor's tent, in case the emperor was in need, he could summon them at any time.

Gao Wei was a little unhappy in his heart, and he understood the queen's intention to do this. Gao Wei has just sat on the throne, and now some ministers have set their sights on the emperor's harem, especially the emperor has no children under his knees, so anxious that the ministers are scratching their ears and cheeks. Gao Run, these kings, were quite tactful, but the ministers were unceremoniously, and the senior courtiers almost pointed to Jiafu Palace and scolded the queen of the country. The queen is also under a lot of pressure.

Gao Wei has always felt that it is too early for him to have a child, but some courtiers and people do not think so, in their opinion, it is true to have a son early and establish the foundation of the country as soon as possible. Isn't the foundation of the family world the heir? Although Cushman & Wakefield is still young, in their eyes, if there is no son, the country is unstable. His Majesty's refusal to accept the harem is not the queen's pampering and arrogance? Or is it ...... What is the hidden disease of the emperor himself?

Gao Wei was annoyed by what they said, and now he is starting to seriously consider whether he wants to have one with his own Mr. Queen?

But at this age...... It's a little small......

The headache can't be solved at once, so I just don't want to think about it, and I will sleep first.

The emperor took a short rest, and then began to approve the recital again, "I remember that there is an urgent recital from Yang Yan and Gao Baoning, where is it?" Present it to me! "As for the affairs of border and alliance diplomacy, Cushman & Wakefield has been included in the focus of work during this period. Batch after batch, Gao Wei slowly stopped, and suddenly ordered: "Tang Yong from the Ministry of Transmission is here to see me." ”

After Tang Yong was summoned, he hurried over, and Gao Wei threw him a few books:

"These are Yang Yan and Gao Baoning's recitals, you can take a look first......"

Tang Yong's heart tightened, Yang Yan had just been awarded the title of General Siping, leading the Yanzhou military, Gao Baoning was even a feudal official, and he was the assassin of Youzhou, these are all important ministers of the Northern Frontier of the Great Qi, they played at the same time, could it be that something happened to the Northern Xinjiang?

Tang Yong hurriedly opened it to look, and after a while, he found that he was a false alarm. Everything is fine in northern Xinjiang, there is no war, but a few picketing military towns with empty salaries have been pickled. It's just that his lightness didn't dare to show it, didn't he see the emperor's solemn face? But it was not the way to be so stiff, and he cast an inquiring glance at the emperor. Gao Wei tried to suppress the anger in his chest and asked, "Is there such a thing as eating empty salaries?" ”

Tang Yong replied: "According to Weichen's understanding, eating empty salaries is a common thing, and all dynasties cannot avoid it......" Tang Yong thought that the emperor was going to ask him how to avoid the phenomenon of eating empty salaries, and he had secretly finished the draft, but the emperor frowned and said: "I didn't ask you this, I asked you, the phenomenon of eating empty salaries is serious in my Daqi, is it serious?" Tang Yong's tone froze, and said: "It's still quite serious, Your Majesty, you also know that in our Daqi, those are all old soldiers, they eat and take cards at every turn, and sometimes they go directly into the households to rob them, these ...... "shouldn't be a genius, right......

He glanced cautiously at the Emperor's face. Gao Wei restrained his anger and asked calmly: "Then, you tell us all about how they eat empty salaries?" ”

Eating empty salary, as the name suggests, just taking money and not working is eating empty salary.

Tang Yong sorted out his thoughts and said: "There are generally three situations in the army, first, the old soldier only takes the military salary and does not fight, and second, the army general mainly detains the old soldier and the remnant of the soldier, and receives the salary according to the money. Third, deliberately over-registered, even though there were only three or four hundred people, but they took a share of 1,000 people......"

Tang Yong's forehead was covered with sweat, and these situations were all in the Northern Qi army, and they were very serious. This time it was found out, and the Privy Council was afraid that it would become a scapegoat for the emperor to vent his anger. Who let them nominally run the war of the world?

Gao Wei nodded, and slammed his fist on the table, making Tang Yong's heart tremble: "If it weren't for Yang Yan and Gao Baoning's recital, I would have almost forgotten this ......stubble" He said: "The army has always been a gold-swallowing beast, and it has gained a lot of money in the army. Don't talk about others, didn't Lou Rui loot and amortize as many as a million? He Shikai is not as greedy as Lou Rui! It just doesn't make sense...... Such unscrupulousness, when I am a dead man! ”

Tang Yongcang bowed down in panic, Gao Wei's eyes turned to him, and said, "I didn't say anything about you, get up." ”

The tone was not very kind, and Tang Yong rolled up neatly.

The Emperor continued: "A small general of a thousand people can be greedy for ink in a year, so what will other rich places look like? …… Jinyang, what will it look like? ”

Tang Yong stubbornly said: "There is a section of the metropolitan governor in Jinyang, and Your Majesty should be worry-free......"

Gao Wei sneered: "Duan Dazai is certainly capable and prestigious, but the people below are determined to rot to the end, can Duan Dazai stop it?" I already knew what kind of virtues those guys would be...... This recital is a wake-up call! ”

Tang Yong's heart jumped, as if he had grabbed something, but it disappeared in a flash. Is this a precursor to something to happen?

Gao Wei's mind turned back and forth, and he said after a while: "Yang Wei did a good job, give him a level, don't shorten the weapons, money and food he wants, this person is of great use...... Don't leak a word of what I said to you today, go down first......"

He felt that the key to breaking the game seemed to have been grasped by him.