A moment later, Han De came in, and the armor and robe on his body that had gone through the wind and dust all the way were silently telling the hardships of this journey.

Liu He looked at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as himself, and found that the other party looked a little similar to himself between his eyebrows and in his body.

Immediately afterward, reverence rose from the bottom of my heart.

Such an officer and knight is the cornerstone of the Han Empire's territorial expansion.

Han De hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly wanted to bow down, but was stopped by Liu He.

"Since you are wearing armor, you don't have to do a full salute." Liu He said.

"Yui!" Han De gave a military salute, neatly and neatly.

"Where are you from?" Liu He asked curiously.

"Back to Your Majesty, the last general will come from the Wuyuan in the north of the Saibei." Han Zeng said more without being humble or arrogant.

"How far is this Wu from Chang'an City?"

"It's only two thousand six or seven hundred miles to the left."

"How many days have you been walking?"

"Nine days!" Han De's words reveal a bit of pride.

The nine days of running 2,6700 miles, or 26,700 miles in late autumn and early winter, are worthy of leaving a strong mark in the history books of the Han Dynasty.

Liu He once again sincerely admired that just by sending back this letter, Han De could be regarded as having made an immortal achievement.

"The wind, frost, rain and snow along the way, you have worked hard."

Han De was just Han Zeng's personal soldier, and even Han Zeng, a courtier who had been a Jinwu, could not often see the Son of Heaven, and Han De had no chance to face the saint.

When he heard the Son of Heaven's "consolation", he couldn't help but be a little flustered, and even said "where the duty lies".

"Now, I can present Han Zeng's letter to me."

"Yui!"

Han Delei resolutely unloaded the messenger and raised his hands in front of him with a solemn expression.

When Dai Zong took the messenger from Han De's hand, Han De finally felt a little relaxed.

The heavy burden on his shoulders was instantly lifted, and his whole body shook a little, and the pain in his hand came again, which allowed him to stand firm again.

Finally, it's time to rest.

Only Han De knew where he had run 2,6700 li on the 9th, but 3,500 li on the 20th.

At this moment, he returned to Chang'an, and he really wanted to go home and sleep happily, but before the Son of Heaven spoke, his mission was not over.

Before Liu He could see the subtle change in Han De's expression, he hurriedly opened the messenger and took out the chapter played by Han Zeng.

Ten lines at a glance, Liu He quickly finished reading.

The excitement was surging, and the excitement was about to erupt almost immediately, breaking through the greenhouse hall and melting the vast snow between heaven and earth.

Even though his heart fluctuated, Liu He's face was not shocked.

To be an emperor, you must have the courage to collapse in front of Mount Tai and not change your face.

Han Zeng made great contributions, and Han De also made great contributions.

Next year, the Han family can be crowned!

The premise is that he will still be a great man next year.

Liu He quickly thought about it in his heart and thought of a strategy to deal with Huo Guang.

He took the pen and paper, and Dai Zong beside him hurriedly came over to study ink for the Son of Heaven.

When the cold and hard ink gradually spread out in the inkstone, although Liu He was still a little worried, he was already in his chest.

In one go, Liu He wrote the reply to Han Zeng.

No, the letter written by the Son of Heaven is not a letter, but an edict.

"Let's go, let's go to the Shangshu Department to get the seal!" Liu He stood up and said.

"Now?" Dai Zong said with some surprise, "The Shaofu Monk Book Office has been dispersed, and there is no one on duty at this time, I'm afraid it will ......." ”

"The military situation is urgent, is it possible to wait a few more hours?" There is a kind of heroism in Liu He's words.

"What's more, I am the son of the Han Dynasty, I can go to the Shangshu Office whenever I want!"

"You can use the jade seal of the country as you want!"

"Who dares to say a word?"

"Let's go, you two go with me!"

"Yui!" Dai Zong and Han De responded.

At this point, the snow is falling heavier.

In the past few hours, the roofs of all the palaces in Weiyang Palace have become white.

There were very few pedestrians in the palace, and there were hardly any other figures to be seen except for the guards and guards on duty.

The huge Weiyang Palace is much quieter than usual, and even the sound of snowflakes falling on the ground seems to be heard.

In this quiet, Liu He sat in a ride carried by four people, and hurried towards the Shangshu Office under the escort of the two Shichang Yilang.

Along the way, they met the night guards several times, but as long as they saw the dragon pattern on the ride, they all saluted respectfully.

In just a quarter of an hour, Liu He and the others came to the courtyard of the Shangshu Department.

This is the most important place in Weiyang Palace, the periphery is heavily guarded, and all the guards are a little panicked when they see the arrival of the Son of Heaven late at night.

"Dai Zong, Han De and I will go in, the rest of the people will stay outside the courtyard, no one is allowed to enter, if there is a violator, there will be no forgiveness!"

"Yui!"

The Changyi Lang replied loudly, and Shi Chang Badger Cong and Shi Chang disrespectfully stood guard in front of the door.

The guards around were silent, not knowing what was happening.

Liu He didn't say anything more, took out two keys from his arms, opened the courtyard door with one of them, and went straight in.

Then, he came to the door of the seal room with familiarity.

Pick locks, push doors, light lights...... In one go, it seems to be doing something that has been planned for a long time.

Liu He called Dai Zong and Han De to the inner room of the seal room again.

On the three walls of this inner room, there are three tall wooden shelves, on which hundreds of lacquer boxes are neatly arranged.

Liu He walked to the middle position, took down the largest lacquer box, and after opening it, the jade seal of the country suddenly appeared.

Without any hesitation, Liu He stamped the written edict with a large seal, which meant that the edict came into effect.

Then, Liu He held the oil lamp and searched for a moment on the wooden frame, then removed another lacquer box and placed it on the table, and took out a copper knot from it.

This is a copper festival for passage, and with this copper festival and the stamped edict, the Han army located in the border county can return to Chang'an justifiably.

Otherwise, it would be no different from rebellion - as long as the county along the way remained loyal to the Han Dynasty, it would definitely not make way for it.

Liu He put the two lacquer boxes back in their original places, placed them as they were, and then came to Han De with the edict and the copper festival.

In the dim light, Han De's face was a little blurry, and he was a little more similar to Liu He.

In a trance, Liu He was stunned for a moment, as if he was looking at a bronze mirror.

The weight of the copper festival and the edict is not heavy, but Liu He still feels heavy.

He wrote clearly in this edict: Han was promoted to the general of the chariot and cavalry, controlled the soldiers and horses of Shuofang and the counties and states of Bingzhou, and immediately led his men and horses back to Chang'an after receiving the edict.

This edict meant that Liu He put all his chips on Han Zeng, whom he was not familiar with.

One Zhang Anshi, one Han Zeng, Liu He pinned his net worth and life on them.

If Han Zeng is a true loyal minister, then Liu He can win Huo Guang; If Han Zeng is the hidden Huo Party, then Liu He can only sit and wait in Weiyang Palace.

Although he is the Son of Heaven, he nominally owns all the imperial and military power of the Han Dynasty.

The appointment of a general and the next edict are all normal things, and there is no fear of being questioned by others or explaining to others.

However, Liu He did not know how many Huo Dang there were in the Han army; Liu He did not know how high the prestige of the Huo family was in the army.

He bypassed the General's Mansion at this moment, issued this edict and handed over this copper festival, which meant that he was going to take action against Huo Guang's core interests.

Compared with the seizure of court power, the seizure of military power is a hundred times more sensitive, and it will definitely make Huo Guang "jump off the wall in a hurry".

Liu He had already thought about dealing with Huo Guang's rhetoric and reasons, but a vicious fight in the court was probably inevitable again.

I didn't expect that the days of living in peace with my middle father would end so soon.

The stakes are significant, and Liu He still has some worries and hesitations.

The edict and the bronze festival in his hand could not be handed over.

There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people.

Now, the biggest enemy is hesitation and hesitation.

"Dai Zong, seal this edict!"

"Yui!"

There were sealing tools in the seal room, and it didn't take long for the edict to be sealed.

Liu He stamped his name seal on the sealing clay, and then handed it over to Han De with the copper festival.

"You've run thousands of miles, can you run thousands of miles?"

In an instant, Han De understood what the Son of Heaven was going to ask him to do, and his body, which was extremely tired, suddenly became energetic again.

"Your Majesty can give the order."

"Han Zeng will wait in the clouds, go to the clouds for 1,500 miles, I order you to return to the clouds within six days, and hand over this edict and the copper festival to Han De!"

"Not six days, five days!" Han De replied immediately.

"Do you need me to send you some servants?" Liu He asked.

"No, I have nine brothers, I can go to Chang'an tomorrow, I will go back with them, but this horse ......"

"Dai Zong!"

"Wechen is here!"

"Pick out the best war horses overnight, send them out of the city tomorrow, and prepare all the food and horses they need!"

"Yui!" Dai Zong took the order.

Liu He looked at Han De again, wiped the blood stains on his armor, and finally said, "Be careful all the way." ”

"Yui!"

Outside the Shaofu, Liu He, Dai Zong, and Han De were separated.

The latter did not stop at all, coming in the snow and leaving in the snow.

Looking at the two subordinates who gradually disappeared into the night, Liu He did not leave for a long time.

It wasn't until they were completely gone that he said a little lonely, "I want to go back to the Greenhouse Palace." ”

"No!"

After a while, Liu He returned to the courtyard of the greenhouse hall, and the flickering lights were still on, and it seemed to be a little more dazzling than just now.

Liu He came to the porch, pushed the door and walked in, he was surprised to find that Huo Chengjun was actually inside.

"Y-Why are you here!?" Liu He closed the door and came to Huo Chengjun with surprise and joy to sit down.

"Why can't I come, only allow my husband to go to the Jiaofang Palace, and not let me come to the Greenhouse Palace?" Huo Chengjun said generously.

Although the empress and the emperor are husband and wife, they are still a little different from the couples of ordinary people.

Although the Greenhouse Hall, the Qingliang Hall and the Xuanshu Hall were the places where the emperor slept, they were also the places where the emperor met his courtiers.

Therefore, the harem concubines rarely set foot in, let alone spend the night here.

If it spreads, all kinds of miscellaneous doctors are afraid that they will play slander.

So Huo Chengjun has been in the palace for half a month, and he has never been to the greenhouse hall.

"If my husband doesn't want me to come, I'll just leave now......" Huo Chengjun said and was about to get up.

"It's me who said it, it's me who said it......" Liu He hurriedly obstructed, and the latter sat back.

"I'm here to deliver soup to my husband, Fan Ke said that my husband is busy with political affairs, so I guess you ......"

Huo Chengjun said as he took the food box beside him, and after opening it, the aroma was overflowing and the heat was wafting.

On the top layer is a stack of baked pastries, and on the bottom layer is a steaming bowl of rice balls – with a strong smell of sugar.

After trekking in the snow for so long, Liu He suddenly saw this hot and sweet food, and Liu He felt an indescribable comfort.

"Come, husband, give it a try, this glutinous rice ball is made of red bean filling, mung bean cake is also added with a lot of honey, and this osmanthus crisp is made of osmanthus saved last month......"

Huo Chengjun put out all these foods, which dazzled Liu He.

Why should husband and wife be polite, Liu He smiled "hehe" and devoured it.

Huo Chengjun also happily looked at Liu He, who was gobbling up, and his heart also felt warm, and the wind and snow he experienced from Jiaofang Hall to this place became much more cute.

In Chang'an City, it snows every year, which is nothing more than snowball fights, watching ice frolicking, and building snow figurines...... After experiencing a lot, it is inevitable that it will be boring.

But today, sitting on the public opinion, braving the wind and snow, to bring this box of food to the Son of Heaven is very interesting, which makes her look forward to it.

"Husband, you eat slowly, let me tell you about this teaching palace maid to read and write."

"Okay, just say it, I'll listen."

In the past ten days, Huo Chengjun's women's school room in Weiyang Palace has been carried out impressively.

Huo Chengjun had to spend an hour every day to teach the ten palace maids to read and write.

The number of words to be recognized every day is not much, only twenty words.

In the past ten days, each of the palace maids has mastered two hundred Chinese characters.

There are probably tens of thousands of Chinese characters in the world, and in comparison, these two hundred Chinese characters are simply a drop in the bucket.

However, the importance of each word is different, there are some rare words, ordinary people do not know it or not, but some commonly used words are more important.

Just like "Zhihu Zhiye", it seems to be only four words, but they account for a large proportion of the Confucian classics.

Of course, Liu He would not let the palace maids learn these meaningless words, he asked Huo Chengjun to teach them all the words commonly used in life.

Liu He remembers very well that in the original timeline, as long as you know three or five hundred words, you can read through the newspapers and periodicals at that time.

Therefore, the book "Tongmeng Literacy" compiled by him, the words in it are carefully selected, and learning can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Beginning next year, the output of paper mills and printing workshops will increase, and when the time comes, Liu He will order people to print many practical books and publish them all over the world.

Liu He hoped that through Huo Chengjun's teaching practice, he would find a set of methods that could quickly teach the people to read and write, so as to lay the foundation for a more general civilian education in the Han Dynasty.

Easy-to-learn literacy books, easy-to-understand practical books, and practical teaching methods should be able to accomplish this.

"Can those palace maids learn and memorize two hundred words?" Liu He asked while chewing on the soft and glutinous sweet rice balls.

"There are seven palace maids who have learned all of them, and three of them who are slower have also learned more than half of them."

Huo Chengjun said proudly, as if she had done a big thing, but in fact she was really doing a great thing.

"There are a total of 500 words in "Tongmeng Literacy", and more than 20 days have passed this year, Madame should be able to teach it all, right?" Liu He asked a little provocatively.

"This is natural, I'm afraid I can finish it all in ten to fifteen days." Huo Chengjun said with confidence.

"Learn and learn......"

"Learn and learn, don't you say!" Huo Chengjun rushed before Liu He and said, "Don't worry, husband, I won't be in a hurry, I will definitely let them learn solidly!" ”

"Okay, so good, Madame taught me well, I'm relieved!" Liu He said with a smile, "When they finish studying, they can start reading "Chang'an Monthly", and books like "Analects" are not in a hurry. ”

"My husband and I are in the same place!" Huo Chengjun was so excited that he almost stood up from the couch, and his excited appearance had a charm.

Liu He put the last of the bowl of rice balls in his mouth, swallowed it three times and divided five by two, and a simple and warm supper was over.

Huo Chengjun was still like a lark, chirping, making the greenhouse hall full of spring atmosphere.

Liu He smiled and looked at ...... But I gradually remembered what happened just now, and I couldn't help but have some worries.

Tomorrow at dawn, I'm afraid I'm going to have to fight Huo Guang again, can Huo Chengjun really deal with it calmly?

Huo Chengjun saw Liu He's mood fluctuations, and her voice gradually became quieter, and finally stopped completely.

"Husband, is there anything that upsets you?" Huo Chengjun asked cautiously.

Liu He wanted to hide it and tell Huo Chengjun that everything was as usual, as long as he stayed quietly in Weiyang Palace.

However, although Weiyang Palace is a world of its own, it is not a paradise after all, on the contrary, it is the center of the storm.

There was a turmoil in Chang'an City, and the first thing to bear the brunt was Weiyang Palace.

Huo Chengjun was already in the chess game, how could he hide from it.

The best way to protect her is to let her know all the truth.

"Chengjun, I want to tell you something." Liu He said solemnly.

"Husband, just say." Huo Chengjun was very puzzled, she had never seen the Son of Heaven so hesitant.

"When I was enjoying the snow today, I received a military intelligence ...... from my middle father."

Liu He told his guess, and he carefully observed the expression on Huo Chengjun's face.

When he was sure that the other party didn't have too many abnormalities, he told Han Zeng about the military information sent to him.

"What does husband mean ......"

"If the middle father is not good for me, I am afraid that I will ......"

Huo Chengjun's eyes suddenly dimmed, she didn't expect her peaceful life to be broken so quickly.

But soon, she remembered what the Son of Heaven had said: You must distinguish what is right and what is wrong.

Thinking of this, she bravely raised her head and looked directly at the Son of Heaven.

"Chengjun, if ......"

Before Liu He finished speaking, Huo Chengjun reached out to cover Liu He's mouth and shook his head gently.

"If the father or brother is unfavorable to the husband, it is a great rebellion, and it is a great disapproval of the world, and the husband should deal with it according to the law......"

"It's just...... My father is already old, and if there is really that day, I hope that my husband will let my father suffer less sins and let the Huo family have fewer twists and turns. ”

Huo Chengjun said this sentence forcefully, and the hand covering Liu He's mouth was trembling slightly-as a woman, she could only do so much for the Huo family.

Liu He held Huo Chengjun's hand and took him into his arms.

"Don't worry, the middle father won't be so unreasonable, if ......"

"If there really is that day, I will try to make the Huo family less implicated."

This is also the heaviest guarantee that Liu He can give, I hope Huo Guang can recognize the situation.

"Chengjun thanked his husband." Huo Chengjun whispered.

The two snuggled up to each other, letting the wind and snow rage outside, and neither of them had any suspicion of each other at the moment.

Emotions have nothing to do with blood, nothing to do with length of time, but to honesty, to have to do with emotions themselves.

There are no more words, but the heart is closer.

Late at night, the lights in the greenhouse hall were finally extinguished.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone!

【The rank of the general of the Western Han Dynasty】

Great General: This is the highest-ranking general, with a prominent status, and the above are the three public generals.

Hussar Generals, Chariot Cavalry Generals, Wei Generals: These generals are second only to the Great Generals in status.

General of the Fu Army, General of the Chinese Army, General of the Shang Army, General of the Zhenjun, General of the Zhenguo, General of the South and Central, General of the East of the Expedition, General of the South, General of the West, General of the North: These generals are the generals of the Four Expeditions, and their status is second to that of the Hussar Generals, the Che Cavalry Generals, and the Wei Generals.

General Zhendong, General Zhennan, General Zhenxi, General Zhenbei: This is the general of the four towns, and the status is lower than that of the general of the four expeditions.

(End of chapter)