Chapter 49: The Triumphant Return
"Sure enough, the tiger father has no dog girl! This daughter of yours is very good! As a girl, she has such ambitions, and she will definitely have a bright future in the future. ”
The Emperor spoke. Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and the emperor has admired them very much.
"Thanks to the emperor's love, the minister only hopes that she can return safely."
Parents are like this, they don't want their children to be strong and admired by everyone, as long as their lives are peaceful.
"Jiang Qing rest assured, they will definitely return triumphantly."
The fighting in the northwest has subsided, and Huo Zhao and his party have also returned, and as soon as he returned, he immediately sent people to Yangchi Town to find Xie Lanzhou's whereabouts.
And Jiang Xueyan was also very worried when she heard Huo Zhao talk about this, and she also sent someone to find Yu Yaozhi's whereabouts.
Jiang Mingshan saw that his daughter was all right, and his hanging heart was put down, and his excited hands trembled slightly.
"Dad, don't you think I'm good? Not a single hair is back! ”
Jiang Mingshan patted her shoulder and nodded, and only spoke after easing her emotions a little.
"It is worthy of my Jiang Mingshan's daughter."
What a pride to have such a daughter.
This day is on the court.
Xie Wushuang handed the token to the Emperor.
"Father, my son has settled the northwest, and I have come to return the token."
Huo Zhao watched from the side, feeling very uncomfortable.
In this way, all the credit is his Xie Wushuang, so many soldiers died, he just came with reinforcements, and he took all the glory to himself in such a high-sounding manner.
It's really unashamed.
The first emperor took back the token, but he had a great improvement in his second son, and his willingness to lead troops to the expedition alone was enough to have a royal demeanor.
If Xie Lanzhou is really gone as he said, then it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with Xie Wushuang... The Emperor thought so, but then quickly dispelled this thought.
Xie Lanzhou is the most important one in himself, how could he die? Impossible, absolutely impossible. This throne is still his, after all.
"General Huo, you have worked hard this time, for the millions of soldiers, I will definitely order people to live and bury, treat their families well, and let them die as they deserve."
Those deceased souls will one day turn into wind and rain and come back to accompany their families.
"General Huo, there is one more thing, do you know about Jiang Hanfeng?"
The Emperor then asked.
At that time, what Jiang Hanfeng said before his death was still inconclusive.
"The minister has heard of it."
On the way back, the city was talking about it, but as the governor of the armory, he was corrupt and bent the law, and now the people's trust in the court has long been greatly reduced.
"Before he died, he said that he wanted to protect his wife and children, but I can't be the master, and I hope that you, as the general this time, can make a decision for millions of heroic souls."
Huo Zhao was stunned for a moment, how could he be qualified to make decisions for them....
The blood they shed can gather into a Yellow River, and if they can't bring them back this time, Huo Zhao should be the saddest one.
"Millions of soldiers are at the mercy of the emperor."
"Well, then leave his wife and children behind. They have nothing to do with it. ”
The emperor has always been kind-hearted, but he did not know that today's decision would cause great disasters in the future.
"Emperor Qiqi, if you don't find a way to win back the trust of the people now, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to govern the country in the future."
One of the ministers stepped forward and said.
The first emperor nodded after hearing this, and then sighed, how could he not know this?
"What I didn't expect is that now that I have been in court for decades, there are still such despicable people, and I am really shocked and ashamed."
Who dares to say that everyone in this court is honest and honest now, and has never been blinded by interests, isn't Yu Shen still greedy as a prime minister?
"Now only by calming the people's hearts can the armory be restored. I don't know what all Aiqing thinks? ”
Just as the ministers were discussing, Zhao Shuaibing, the secretary of the household department, stood up.
"Emperor Qiqi, now that the war has just subsided, and this year's autumn harvest is not ideal, the minister feels that the granary should be opened to alleviate the drought and calm the people's hearts."
"Yes, yes."
Yu Shen on the side didn't make a sound, since he began to get involved in the household department, he has done a lot of corrupt things, and most of the grain in the granary has also been moved by him.
But now he can't openly refute this proposal in the court, and Zhao Shuaibing took a fancy to this reason before mentioning it in front of the emperor.
So the imperial court began to give porridge every day on the street, which could be taken for free.
Because the harvest was worse than expected, the people were struggling to make a living, and it was almost autumn, but there was not enough food to survive the winter.
I can't eat enough, how can I be in the mood to eat and drink and have fun, even rouge is rarely bought, and Yu Miaozhi's store has suddenly become bleak.
"I didn't expect the people's harvest to be so bad this year, and it can be regarded as a catastrophe."
Yu Yaozhi looked at the people in his store and sighed.
"Now that the people are struggling to make a living, even wintering has become a problem, and I don't know how the court will solve it."
Xie Lanzhou said this, his heart was full of worry, he had left a letter for Huo Zhao before he came to Shaoyang County, and as long as he came back and saw the letter, he would come to him.
These are all his own people, how could he not be worried, but since he heard about the corruption of Jiang Hanfeng, the governor of the armory, he was shocked.
Not only this one thing, what he was afraid of was that there were countless Jiang Hanfeng in this court, and even Yu Shen, as a prime minister above ten thousand people under one person, dared to...
Except for Huo Zhao, he can't believe it anymore, he just wants to find out all the corrupt officials in the court as soon as possible, otherwise it will be an anthill collapse after all, and sooner or later something big will happen to the court.
So until then, he still can't go back.
"I heard that the head of the household department of the central government has proposed to open a warehouse to release grain, and our county should also start giving alms in the next few days, so don't worry."
Yu Yaozhi saw Xie Lanzhou's worries and opened his mouth to comfort him.
This Shaoyang County is not big or small, and it is relatively close to the capital, so the news is naturally more well-informed.
"Let's hope we all survive this winter."
Xie Lanzhou said and gently picked up Yu Miaozhi's hand, held it tightly in his palm, and felt the temperature from her palm, so that he could feel a sense of security.
The autumn wind looks at the end of the world, the year is like water, the time is like a dream, the leaves fall in late autumn, the red face is fragrant and dusty, and there is no place to find it.
Look at the red maple leaves all over the mountain, which is full of the enthusiasm of autumn, but this autumn is even colder than in previous years.
Huo Zhao also saw the letter Xie Lanzhou left for him at this time, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly called Fang Huai and Jiang Xueyan to prepare to go to Shaoyang together.