Chapter 38: 001-010 VOLUME 4

Chapter 001

The late emperor passed away and the whole country mourned.

The construction of the late emperor's mausoleum began when the late emperor was still alive. Now it has been completed. However, the late emperor's body cannot be buried in the imperial mausoleum so quickly. It will have to be laid in rest for at least seven or forty-nine days. Only then can the late emperor's body be buried in the imperial mausoleum. The palace is still holding the funeral of the late emperor. Officials from the court have to enter the palace every day to mourn in front of the deceased emperor's spirit.

"My emperor..."

The officials, wearing sackcloth and mourning, cried one after another for the late emperor, and they all burst into tears.

At this time, the harder you cry, the more you can express your loyalty and respect for the late emperor. The cries in the hall became louder and louder, and some officials even cried until they fainted.

"Quickly, take him to the side hall." The little eunuchs below skillfully carried the fainted minister away.

There were imperial doctors guarding the side hall. Officials who had fainted from crying were sent here, and they were quickly rescued.

Seeing the officials being carried away, Li Liuyuan, who put a little chili pepper on his sleeves, opened his mouth, "..."

Except for the day when the late emperor left, his eyes were a little red, and he couldn't cry afterwards. , I could only rely on the stimulation of pepper water to make my eyes red, making it look like I had cried.

I don't know how those people who cried themselves to death did it?

These people will be left in the future generations. All of them are drama stars... The country owes these old drama stars a statuette... QA Q

Yang Shaomu stood in front of the mourning hall. His face didn't look good, and he was pale. There was a tired look on his face that was hard to hide.

After the death of the first emperor, as the crown prince, he was the next king. He had to take over the affairs of the court and clean up the remnants of the third prince's faction. There were also things at the border that needed to be dealt with, family affairs and state affairs, large and small matters. And pressing on his head, these things one after another were enough for him to be busy day and night. He didn't even have time to close his eyes and sleep at night, and his eyes were all red from the stress.

The sixth prince, Yang Shaojun, also known as King Jianning, was the only prince among the princes who was allowed to stay in the capital to assist the new emperor. The once fun-loving sixth prince seemed to have grown up overnight. He was wearing the royal uniform of a prince and stood beside the new emperor.

Among the original six princes, the eldest prince was imprisoned in the palace for life and was not allowed to step out of the palace for the rest of his life. The third prince's attempt to force him into the palace failed, and he is still in jail. His status as prince was revoked and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The fourth prince Yang Shaojian was granted the title of King Jian and took Concubine Gu and the wives and concubines in the palace to the fiefdom. He was not allowed to return to the capital without an edict. And the youngest seventh prince is dead.

In this battle for the throne, the prince finally won and became the new emperor of Dacheng Kingdom.

On the seventh day after the former emperor left, the third prince in prison hanged himself. The body was discovered by the jailer who went in to deliver food in the early morning of the next day. This news was reported layer by layer, and was finally sent to the new emperor. in front of. When Yang Shaomu heard that the eunuch below came to report that Yang Shaokang died in the sky prison, he paused and said lightly, "It's better to die."

It's better to die, so as not to have to do it himself. .

Yang Shaojun was stunned for a moment when he heard the news. He did not expect that Yang Shaokang would hang himself and die in prison. But when I think about it, it is true that even if this person is dead, it would be a disaster to keep him alive. Brother Huang will definitely not want those people in prison to continue to live, even if they are in prison.

Only the dead have no chance to stand up.

Seeing that his imperial brother's expression was not good, Yang Shaojun waved his hand and asked the person who came to report the matter to go out first. Turning around, he ordered his men to buy a thin coffin, put Yang Shaokang's body into the coffin, and find a place to hide it outside the city.

The deposed prince is no longer a prince, and cannot be buried in the imperial mausoleum after his death. However, they are brothers after all. Considering this blood relationship, Yang Shaojun sent someone to collect the body of the third prince. Otherwise, It would be too ugly if the body was thrown into a mass grave

. Knowing that the body of Concubine Shu, the mother of the third prince, was not taken away in the palace, everyone was wise to protect themselves at this time and did not want to get involved in these things. Yang Shaojun sighed in his heart, forget it, let him be this good man. He asked his men to hide Concubine Shu's body together with Yang Shaokang's. It was the last thing he could do for this brother and forged their lifelong brotherhood.

It is not their choice to join the Tian family. If they could choose, Yang Shaojun only wished that he could be born in an ordinary family, with parents loving him and brothers living in harmony.

The Tian family is ruthless. They plot and frame each other for that chair. There is no brotherhood between brothers. Their weapons are at each other. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. So today Yang Shaojun will not say that his second brother did something wrong, because if the third prince succeeded in forcing the palace, and now he is a prisoner, he and the prince will die. Fortunately, in the end, his second brother won and the prince won, so they could stand here properly.

Therefore, this battle was destined from the beginning to either your death or my death.

Knowing what King Jianning did, Yang Shaomu didn't say anything, which was regarded as tacit approval of what he did. It's not that he is merciful. If he was really merciful, now it would not be him, the prince, who would sit on the throne, but someone else.

The funeral of the late emperor is still being held in the palace, and the affairs of the court cannot be left alone.

The Hu army gathered outside Yanmen Pass was still eyeing Dacheng. After capturing Yang Shaokang, they searched Yang Shaokang's mansion for letters exchanged between him and the Hu people. Only then did everyone know that Yang Shaokang had colluded with the Hu people and wanted to use the Hu people to come. Seize this world. The last letter sent by Yang Shaokang was intercepted by Zhao Xiangyi and delivered to the prince. In this letter, Yang Shaokang promised the Hu people to help him ascend the throne of God, and promised to give the Hu people three border cities. .

"This is really unreasonable!"

After the ministers in the court learned about this, they were all filled with indignation. If they hadn't known that Yang Shaokang was dead, they would have really wanted to rush into the sky prison and beat him up!

During the palace chaos that night, among the soldiers Yang Shaokang brought were people lent to him by the Hu people. All these Hu soldiers were annihilated on the night of the palace chaos, leaving no one alive. From the letters exchanged between Yang Shaokang and the Hu people, they also found a clue, that is, Yang Shaokang had placed people at the border pass, preparing to open the city gate and let the Hu army in when the two armies faced off.

How dare he...!

Hu Jun has always killed people without blinking an eye. Wherever he went, no woman, old or weak survived. To let such a person into Dacheng would be like inviting a wolf into the house, and the consequences would be disastrous!

If the officials in the court only wanted to beat Yang Shaokang when they learned about the previous incident, then when they learned about the latter incident, everyone wanted to dig up Yang Shaokang's body and whip him.

King Jianning: If I had known, he would have had Yang Shaokang's body thrown into a mass grave to feed wild dogs! ...

...Make you kind! Yang Shaojun, who has always been jealous of evil, wants to shame himself and make you a good person!

Li Wen was speechless when he knew about this. He had seen stupid people before, but he had never seen such a stupid person before. He was just so stupid that he couldn't be cured. If such a person could become emperor, I would give him this head! However, this kind of person was not born to be an emperor, and he would be finished after jumping around a few times.

However, the clue they found must be sent to the border as soon as possible. Don't let the traitor open the door when the two armies are fighting. There are hundreds of thousands of innocent people there. Once Hu Jun If you break through the gate and enter the pass, these people will suffer.

Everyone suggested, "Your Majesty, this news must be sent to the border as soon as possible^"

"I have already sent someone to deliver it." Yang Shaomu said.

The national mourning has not yet passed, and the enthronement ceremony has to be postponed. Now Yang Shaomu still regards himself as the prince and lives in the East Palace, but has not officially moved into the palace. The Crown Princess and the Young Princes are still in the East Palace, and their identities have not changed. But with the late emperor's edict, in the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court, the prince is now the king of Dacheng Kingdom, and what he owes is just a ceremony.

In all matters concerning the general affairs of the court, all officials in the court obeyed the prince's decision and respected the prince, the future king.

The letter from the court was quickly sent to the border and into the hands of General Zhao Zhuo. The letter contained the news of the death of the late emperor and the succession of the prince, as well as the news of the traitor in the army. General Zhao became angry on the spot, "Go, you wolf-hearted thing, and arrest them for me. Don't spare any of them!"

This man was also a lieutenant below, and he would kill every one of these scoundrels. Two will kill a pair, and no one can be spared.

"General, I'll go!" Zhao Si personally led the troops to arrest the people and uprooted all the people Yang Shaokang had buried in the camp. No one was

left.

That night, these people who were picked out did not even have a chance to resist. All of them had their necks wiped with a knife, and their bodies were thrown into the forest to feed the wolves.

The persistence of the Hu army outside Yanmen Pass is a great threat to Dacheng. This is a problem that the court urgently needs to solve.

Originally, the prince held the opinion of leading the war, and now he insists on this opinion. This has received great support from the generals of the main war faction in the DPRK. There are also a small number of civil servants who support the main war. Li Wen and Li Liuyuan are the ones. The largest representative among them. Now that the third prince is dead and the fourth prince has gone to his fiefdom, and now that the prince succeeds to the throne, there is only one ceremony left to become the new emperor, so the officials in the court who are seeking peace dare not say a word.

In this situation where the enemy has many soldiers and we have few, the imperial court will definitely send reinforcements to the border area, and the matter of additional troops is under discussion. There is also food and fodder for the 300,000 troops at the border. When this war starts, food and fodder for the rear are indispensable. Therefore, in the past few days, the court has been discussing countermeasures around this matter.

Chapter 002

The Kyoto Daily published the news of the death of the late emperor and the succession of the prince to inform the people of the world.

This news tells the people of the world from the side that although the late emperor passed away, His Highness the Crown Prince is now in charge of the government. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a person who was trained as a prince and has outstanding abilities. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in charge, and the situation in the court is now stable.

Regarding border issues, the imperial court took them very seriously in order to stabilize people's hearts.

The most trustworthy news in the Kyoto Daily News is all about border affairs. The passionate articles written by literati inspired the patriotism of Dacheng people: if the enemy dares to come, they dare to fight! When the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible! This is to instill in the people a patriotic thought and a firm thought of resolutely safeguarding the inviolability of our territory and the inviolability of the people's interests

. On a dark and windy night

at the border

, a team quietly entered the enemy's camp. The leader of the team quickly found the enemy leader's king's tent. The enemy leader in the king's tent was drunk. He was still sleeping, and he didn't know that the enemy had already entered his territory, and he didn't even know that his life was in danger.

"Pfft--"

The knife rose and fell, and the knife in Zhao Si's hand cut off the enemy leader's head.

At this time, fires broke out in several places behind the enemy's rear where grain and grass were stored. The grain and grass were burned. Hu Jun, who was sleeping, ran up one after another, calling for everyone to put out the fire, "The grain and grass are burning... put out the fire quickly." ...Quickly put out the fire..."

"Who set the fire?" At this time, Hu Jun's generals realized that enemies had entered their tents and set fire to kill their food and grass. These cunning and hateful adults! "Catch them all! I'm going to kill them!"

"Evacuate!"

Seeing the fire in the distance, several people in the king's tent quickly changed into the clothes of Hu Jun soldiers and wiped their heads. With Tu Tu's face blackened, they quickly withdrew from the enemy camp while the enemy army was in chaos. Before leaving, he also set a fire outside the king's tent and lit it.

Several Dacheng soldiers wearing Hu Jun's clothes were not noticed by Hu Jun's soldiers when they were mixed in the crowd, and they quickly escaped from the dangerous range.

"The king's tent is burning... put out the fire quickly..." Hu Jun shouted as he set down the tent and set it on fire.

"King, the king has been killed!"

"The king is dead!"

The wind was strong tonight, and when the wind blew, the fire burned the tents near the king's tent. Wherever the wind hit, there was fire. In this weather, a small fire can burn down a tent, and the fire cannot be extinguished no matter how hard it is put out. While Hu Jun was busy putting out the fire, a group of black figures had successfully left the enemy's camp and evacuated to a safe place.

That night, the fire burned all night, burning all of Hu Jun's food and grass.

Hu Jun found that their leader had died in the camp, and his head had been cut off by the enemy. Only then did everyone realize that the fire at night was not an accident, but someone deliberately set it. Their food and grass were burned. Without food and grass, what would the soldiers eat next?

Therefore, this battle can no longer be fought before it starts.

If they want to break through Yanmen Pass, they don't have twice as many troops as Yanmen Pass. They have no chance of winning and can break through the gate of Yanmen Pass. It would take them at least ten days and a half to break through the city gate without hesitating the lives of the soldiers. Zhao Zhuo was at Yanmen Pass and Zhao Jiajun was guarding it. They had fought so many long battles with Zhao Jiajun but they had not gained any advantage.

Originally, they had cooperated with the third prince of Dacheng. The third prince promised them to send people to open the door inside, cooperate with them inside and outside, and kill Zhao Zhuo. As long as the Zhao army was leaderless, they would have the advantage to break through Yanmen Pass and quickly occupy the city behind. But now there is news from the capital that the third prince of Dacheng who cooperated with them has died.

After learning the news, the Hu generals had different opinions. Some wanted to continue the attack on Dacheng, while others proposed to withdraw their troops and give up the attack on Dacheng. The two sides had different opinions.

Originally, the Hu people were divided into several tribes, and not all tribes wanted to attack and occupy Dacheng. It was only because of the threat of King Tamuli that if they did not send troops to the Tamuli tribe, they would send troops to attack their tribe, several tribes sent troops to Dacheng.

And now that King Tamuri is dead, King Tamuli has three princes. None of these three princes obeys the other, and everyone wants to be the next king, so there is chaos within Tamuri first. Taking advantage of this time, several tribal leaders who were originally unwilling to participate in this war quickly left with their tribesmen, returned to their tribes, and led their tribesmen to move to a safe place to graze. Raising cattle and sheep, waiting for the coming winter.

There are still a few tribes left that want to attack Dacheng. Seeing the death of King Tamuli, the Tamuli tribe is now in chaos. Some of them support one of the three princes and participate in the Tamuli tribe's war. Go into civil strife and gain benefits from it. Originally this war was initiated by Tamuli. They lost so much food and grass without getting any benefits. Should Tamuli compensate them?

At this time, the princes in Tamuli did not realize that they had led the wolf into the house, and there were already evil wolves staring at them. The war on the grassland that started within Tamuli quickly unfolded. Before Dacheng could be attacked, chaos broke out among the Hu people.

"Good boy!"

Zhao Si led the team in that night attack. He selected the best soldiers from the barracks and formed a team to sneak attack the enemy in the enemy camp. This idea came from Zhao Si, and he was also the one who came up with it. Take people to perform tasks in person. After beheading the enemy's heads, burning

the enemy's food and fodder, and disturbing the enemy's interior, they successfully retreated and returned to Yanmen Pass without any casualties.

As a general, Zhao Zhuo was also Zhao Si's second brother. When the fourth brother proposed the night attack plan, he was unwilling to agree in his heart. It's just that as the coach, he knew that at this time, if he wanted to avoid greater casualties, he could win without a fight and win the war by sacrificing a small team of people. This was undoubtedly the smallest loss. So under such circumstances, General Zhao was persuaded by his fourth brother, who had always been bold, and agreed with him to lead people to attack the enemy camp at night.

Fortunately, this brat came back alive, and all the soldiers who went there came back unscathed, which is simply unimaginable.

"Okay!" Zhao Zhuo was relieved when he saw that this group of people came back safe and sound, "This general will report to the court and record a great contribution to you all!"

"Thank you, General. "

A group of slick soldiers below all said one after another.

Many of them who came to serve as soldiers were recruited by the imperial court. Their families did not have enough money to pay for their lives. Some of them had many brothers in the family. Some were pushed out by their families to serve as soldiers, and some were willing to serve on their own. Only a small number of people really want to be soldiers and go into battle to kill the enemy, and there is no doubt that this small number of people who volunteer to be soldiers have become the most outstanding people in the army.

When a soldier goes into battle to kill the enemy, the purpose is to achieve military exploits, be promoted, and receive rewards.

On the third day after they successfully attacked the enemy camp, the team sent by the capital to deliver them money and supplies arrived at the border. The letter from the capital has been delivered to the border a long time ago, but the delivery of the things is much slower than the letter. Under everyone's expectation, the things finally arrived! !

!

Zhao Si was responsible for leading the team to pick up people, yelling to pick up things, and riding a horse to raise smoke and dust along the way.

In the distance, a group of men on horseback saw the team coming from the imperial court. Seeing the endless motorcade, these men laughed so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes. Zhao Si waved his hand, "Let's go, brother and I will pick up our things!"

"Let's go!"

A group of soldiers on big horses rushed over.

Wang Hao thought there were robbers coming to steal things. Along the way, they encountered more than a dozen robbers, large and small, who came to steal things. He led his men to kill them all the way, and then they took away dozens of cars of things. Escorted to the border.

Could it be that they have come this far and still encounter robbers to steal things!

Lift!

"Those behind, protect your things and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Wang Hao put his hand on the long sword on his waist, and the soldiers behind quickly grabbed the spears in their hands and

prepared .

"We're all here, are you still here?" At this time, the courtesy officer Zhang Su, who was sitting in the carriage, replied to Mr. Zhang. When he heard that the bandits were coming, he stretched out his head and took a look, and his face turned pale. It was because I was shaken in the carriage along the way that I vomited. I almost fainted from vomiting.

It's pitiful that he, a civil servant who has never been out of the capital, was sitting in a carriage all the way, not to mention swaying along the way. Whenever robbers and bandits came to steal things, he, a civil servant who could not help much, had to be escorted. He was trying to escape. The road to the border was uneven and full of potholes. When he was rushing to escape, he had no time to think about anything. The coachman whipped his whip desperately. The carriage started to run faster. He was knocked half to death inside. Every time he got off, It's vomiting.

Master Zhang: Before this, he didn't know that he could still vomit while riding in a carriage!

Zhang Suhui has scolded Li Wen no less than a hundred times in his heart. Li Wen, that boy, when he returns to the capital, he must give the boy who recommended him to be the courtesy officer a good beating!

"A sneeze..." Mr. Li Liuyuan, who was far away in the capital, sneezed. Who was thinking about him?

"Huh?" No, they seem to be wearing clothes worn by Dacheng soldiers! When the group of people on the opposite side came closer, Wang Hao saw their clothes clearly, raised his hands, and shouted, "Everyone, put down your weapons, the people coming to pick us up are here."

Chapter 003:

People from both parties approached on horseback. After showing the tokens, they determined the identity of the person coming.

"Are you a boy from the family of General Wang Hongwang?" Zhao Si knew General Wang Hongwang. The Zhao family and the Wang family were both generals, so it was natural for the two families to know each other. Zhao Si had not been in the capital much for many years. He only knew General Wang, but he was not very familiar with the little boy from General Wang's family.

But looking at this appearance, he looks so much like that old guy Wang Hong that he is the son of the Wang family who cannot run away.

"My nephew Wang Hao, I have met my fourth uncle." Wang Hao said, cupping his fists.

"Haha... Okay, okay, okay." Zhao Si rode over and looked at Wang Hao with admiration in his eyes, "Good boy, your fourth uncle hugged you when you were a child. Do you still remember this? You've had a hard time on the road, come on, let's take you back to our camp."

Wang Hao giggled and said he remembered, and the two quickly became familiar with each other.

When the group of men at the back saw so many things, they all laughed. You must know that the imperial court has not paid them salaries for several years. This time, they knew that the imperial court was going to pay them and send them New Year supplies. How could they Not happy? !

"Let's go."

People from both sides formed a team and headed towards the camp.

This time, General Zhao is leading the team. On the way from here to the camp, no one without eyesight dares to jump out and rob them. If you are not afraid of death, just come and give them some blood for sacrificial knives.

An hour later,

the team arrived at the camp, and cartloads of things were pulled into the military camp.

Knowing this news, the soldiers in the entire military camp became agitated. The generals and adjutants of each battalion ran towards the general's camp one after another, for fear that if they were one step behind, they would not be able to share the things sent by the court.

"Master Zhang, you've had a hard time on the road."

"I've met General Zhao."

Zhang Suhui got off the carriage with a pale face, his feet still dangling, and was led into General Zhao's room. After the people on both sides saw the ceremony, he took out the list and handed it over to the people sent from the camp, and explained and cleared the things they brought one by one, "Everything is already here. , The general can send people to count them one by one. "

This time, there are as many things as they brought from the capital, no less."

"Okay, okay." Zhao Zhuo laughed loudly, showing that he was really happy.

"General, we also brought two carts of weapons this time, as well as large steel knives and crossbows newly produced by the arsenal in the capital. These large steel knives were specially forged by the masters in the workshop. They can It's as sharp as iron. There are also a few triple crossbows that can shoot three arrows at the same time." Wang Hao took out another list. This batch of weapons was escorted by someone he personally arranged, and he knew everything in it.

When he saw these big steel knives, he was jealous and wanted to take one as his own. It's just that these have to be sent to the border, so he can't just take them away. However, Zhao Xiangyi promised him that after he returned to the capital after delivering the things, he would ask the master to tailor a better one for him!

General Wang was so coaxed that he came to the border to deliver things. All the hardships along the way were trivial. As long as he can see the weapons he likes when he returns to the capital, all the hardships along the way will be worth it. .

"I still have two letters here. One was sent by Xiang Yi to his nephew to bring to the general." Wang Hao took out two letters from his arms and handed the one written by Zhao Xiangyi to General Zhao to Zhao Da General, then there was another letter, "This letter was sent by Li Liuyuan to his fourth uncle by his nephew."

Zhao Zhuo took the letter written by his son and stuffed it into his arms. He was not in a hurry to read it, "Dagang Where is the knife? Bring it here and take a look." General Zhao was more interested in these weapons than in reading the letter, not to mention the rags he sent before, including the unedged knives.

And that triple crossbow, what is it?

Two carts of things were moved into the general's camp, including twenty large steel knives, hundreds of small repeating crossbows, and only ten large triple crossbows. There are also a few pieces of armor, not much, but I have to say, each of these is a good thing.

They brought a craftsman from the workshop and skillfully assembled the triple crossbow. This triple crossbow looked like a good thing at first glance

.

A group of military generals gathered around, and when they saw the big steel sword that shone with cold light, they all gulped. It looked like a good thing!

"General, you have to give me this knife, right?" The bearded man smiled flatteringly.

"General, and me, and me."

Everyone rushed for the knife. At first glance, this big knife was much better than the tattered gadgets they were holding. This knife is meant to be carried on the battlefield and can cut people as neatly as cutting a melon, so can it not make people excited?

At this moment, these people did not dare to grab it because the general was here. In front of the general, these generals did not dare to be too presumptuous.

Zhao Si stuffed the letter given to him by his young apprentice into the inner pocket of his chest, waved away a group of guys who were surrounded by big steel knives, and everyone wanted to point the gun at the guy who wanted it. He reached out and grabbed a handful and waved it twice, eh He made a sound and said, "It's a good knife. Let's go outside and

make some gestures ."

Everyone looked at their general.

"Take the sword and go outside." Zhao Zhuo nodded and asked the two generals who were rushing for the sword to take the big sword and go to the martial arts field outside to try the sword. He thought the sword was good, but he didn't know how to use it.

A group of military generals went to the martial arts training ground outside.

"哐——"

Two military generals held swords and competed in the martial arts field. The two steel swords collided with each other and made a crisp sound. "Good sword!" This sword became more and more comfortable with use. The two generals' martial arts skills were very strong. , the big steel knife was very powerful. The two knives collided together, and the fire was radiating, but the blade was not damaged at all.

I have to say, this is a good knife!

Some people said that they would try the old knife against the new one. Later, they compared the old knife with the big steel knife. The big steel knife cut the old knife into two pieces in one stroke.

Everyone was in an uproar when they saw that the big steel knife could easily cut off the old knife.

A large group of soldiers stopped practicing. They all gathered around to watch the excitement, filling the training ground with water.

Standing at the door of the camp, Mr. Zhang did not want to join in the fun, "..." As expected, he is a scholar and cannot understand the things that military generals like. However, who can arrange a place for him to wash his face and sleep? Sleep?

It seems that these military generals have forgotten that there is such a civilian official here who needs to be taken care of.

Mr. Zhang: Forget it, let him wait here for a while... After

Mu

and the generals tried the big steel knives, they went to try the bows and crossbows. The triple crossbow gave them a big surprise. The range of the triple crossbow was It is comparable to the big stone bow, and the triple crossbow can shoot three arrows at the same time, which can catch the enemy off guard.

These small crossbows are also good. The range is that the arrows shot by ordinary bows can be shot farther. Moreover, small crossbows can also be used by soldiers who are not very good at archery. Not all soldiers in the military camp are good at shooting, and these small crossbows Almost everyone can use it. If there are enough crossbows, it is not impossible to form such a team.

General Zhao was thinking about it in his mind, thinking about writing back and asking the capital for more crossbows and large steel knives. The armor also looks pretty good, and there should be more. Want some!

After trying things outside, the broadswords and crossbows were returned intact to the general's tent. Although some people were reluctant to part with the steel knives and didn't want to put them back. In the end, everyone said "Why don't you put them back?" See if we don't beat you up." He put it back obediently.

After the death of the late emperor, and during the period of national mourning, officials in the court and up and down the court were not allowed to drink and have fun, so the soldiers far away at the border were not allowed to drink and have fun at this time, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the late emperor. Originally, these generals wanted to hold a bonfire party to celebrate, but in the end they had to give up.

In the general's camp at night, General Zhao rewarded the team that went to attack the enemy camp at night. There were twenty people in total, each with a big steel knife, and one person was rewarded with fifty taels of silver. "This time Hu Jun can retreat. Thanks to those risking their lives in the night attack on the enemy camp and harvesting the heads of the enemy commanders, these twenty big steel knives will be given to these twenty warriors. Do you have any objections?"

"No... No comment."

"No comment."

That's weird!

Each of these generals almost drooled when they saw these big steel knives. They have no part in it now!

"The things that are still here will be distributed to you according to the number and size of your past meritorious services. Later, the general will write a letter to the court and ask the emperor how many more of these large steel knives he wants. When the time comes, you will have Everyone can have one." General Zhao did not keep these things himself, but distributed them all to the soldiers below.

The letter sent to him by his son was also mixed with a letter written to him by his wife.

He just read the letter written by his son and learned that the late emperor built an arsenal during his lifetime, and now his son is in charge of this arsenal! That's why General Zhao dares to make this promise now. There must be more of these swords! When he comes back, he will write to the prince... Oh, no, now he is the emperor, and he still has his son to write a letter. He must have a big sword, and there must be no shortage of armor. You can have more good things, the more the merrier!

Since their generals said this, these generals happily agreed, and each of them said that next time a big sword comes over, they must give them one!

Zhao Si was the general who led the night attack, so he naturally had a big sword.

...and the little apprentice asked someone to bring him a few jars of good wine, Heihehe, this is better than a big knife! When he comes back, he will have to hide and drink secretly. But before he could hide and drink secretly, his second brother and other generals discovered his wine, and quickly divided up his wine.

Everyone despises him for not sharing the good things with his brothers.

Zhao Si: Show your weapons and have a fight with me!

Everyone ran away quickly with their wine jars in their hands. Who would be stupid enough to compete with Mr. Zhao, the invincible opponent in the military camp? Are they stupid?

None of them were stupid, so everyone robbed everything and ran away.

Chapter 004

At night, the lights in the commander's camp were still on.

General Zhao Zhuo sat under the lamp and unfolded the letter written by his wife to him. He read it carefully word by word. In the letter, his wife told him that everything was fine at home, both children were obedient, and the younger son's She is in better shape than before and has grown taller. She said a lot in the letter, but she didn't mention herself. There is a sentence at the end of the last letter: I hope you are well and hope you come back. The wife's name is Yuyao.

Yuyao is his wife's maiden name.

It sounds so nice...

Zhao Zhuo touched his wife's name again and again, remembering the first time he met his wife. She was twenty-eight years old, as beautiful as a flower, and the most beautiful among the girls. At that time, he was just like a young boy who could not even walk when he saw his wife. Later, he learned to give her flowers, snacks from Lao Yangji of East Street Shop, and the most popular story books in Beijing. Wives... many, many, and eventually he married her as he wished.

His wife gave birth to two sons for him and taught them well.

In a blink of an eye, both children have grown up. He also has white hair on his temples. I wonder if his wife's face is still as beautiful, or if she is like him, with her hair on her temples all white. For so many years, he has been far away from the border, and there are not many opportunities to return to the capital. His wife is in the capital, waiting for him, looking forward to his return. He thinks of his wife waiting in the capital, and thinks of his wife thinking about him alone at night...

His wife He said, I hope you are well and hope you will come back...

General Zhao took a deep breath and touched the corners of his eyes fiercely.

When sleeping at night, General Zhao folded the letter in his hand and placed it on his chest. The letter was close to his heart, just like he and his wife's hearts were close to each other. Early the next

morning

, the accountant in the military camp notified the officers of each battalion below to ask the soldiers to collect their pay in batches. The soldiers in the camp lined up in front of the accountant to receive their pay, and each one received the money. He was holding his pockets, with a silly smile on his face, so hard that his teeth couldn't be seen.

It's great to have money!

Most of these soldiers came from poor families and had no choice but to become soldiers. Zhao Jiajun did not allow soldiers to steal things from the people. The army had strict discipline and they never took anything from the people.

These people have never carried so much money in their lives. This is several taels of silver. The accountant has now said that this is only their salary for one year. Later, the court will also pay them the remaining two or three years of salary owed to them. How much money is that?

——That's a lot of money!

Seeing these soldiers returning with the silver in their hands, Zhao Si smiled a little, his eyes warmed a little, and said, "That's great." These people, who are still alive today, don't know if there will be a tomorrow, can survive on the battlefield. are all lucky.

They were guarding their homes and country at the border, and the imperial court couldn't even pay their military salaries. These generals had no face to face the soldiers below. I thought there was no hope, but unexpectedly the court suddenly gave them a year's worth of military pay, and said they would pay out what they owed later.

Life in the military camp is hard, and the lives of these soldiers are actually not easy.

In the past, the imperial court could not pay their military salaries, so the officers and soldiers in the army could only find ways to arrange for the soldiers in the camp to open up wasteland and farm here. However, the land here at the border was barren and nothing could be grown at all. Every year, The little food we had was simply not enough for the entire army to chew. When there was no food, the entire army would eat wild vegetables and roots together.

After reading the letter written by his young apprentice, Zhao Si realized that his young apprentice had done so much for the soldiers at the northwest border. It was all thanks to his young apprentice that their food and salary could be distributed, as well as the things he sent. It seems that the little disciple's contribution has not been in vain, and he is worth it.

After standing and watching for a while, Zhao Si turned around and left the camp on horseback when he saw the soldiers leaving happily one by one with their silver.

The sunset here at Yanmen Pass is the most beautiful. The sky is filled with clouds, the clouds are overlapping, and the wilderness is boundless, with no end in sight

.

The horse was grazing leisurely on the side. Zhao Si was lying on the hillside looking at the sky above his head. There was a wine bag in his hand. The wine bag contained the wine sent to him by his apprentice. He only kept the wine for himself. A small jar, and the rest was distributed to everyone.

Although it was still during the national mourning period, drinking and having fun was not allowed. They drank a little secretly, and no one else would notice, and the court couldn't care about such a small thing. It was rare that he had a free half-day, so he hid here to drink some wine and free his mind without thinking about anything.

"Da da da -"

Suddenly, a horse appeared from the other side of the horizon. On the horse was a young man wearing a foreign costume, driving the horse towards the hillside.

"Huu——"

The young man reined in the horse's reins and got off the horse neatly. From a distance, he saw the horses grazing with their tails swaying here. He knew that the man was here, which made him The young man's heart was filled with gratitude and joy. Sure enough, when he got closer, he saw the man lying on the hillside.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves and seeing someone coming, Zhao Si glanced at the young man coming towards him from the corner of his eye, and kept looking up at the sky, as if he was not surprised by the young man's appearance.

Young Aqi is the little prince of the Youma tribe on the grassland. He is seventeen or eighteen years old. His facial features are deeper and more three-dimensional than those of an adult. His hair is dark brown and slightly curly, and his eyes are brown. This person's appearance was different from that of an adult. He

looked like a foreigner at first glance. "Hey, why are you ignoring me?" A Qi was a little unhappy when the man didn't look at him.

He has been learning the Dacheng language and culture from his teacher since he was a child, so he can speak Dacheng dialect, but with a bit of their Hu dialect accent, which sounds a bit weird.

Seeing that the man ignored him, the young man was not really angry. He sat down next to the man, hugged his knees with both hands, and stayed with the man. He turned his head and looked at the man with admiration in his eyes, "It's been a long time since you last met. Come here." He said with a little

complaint .

The young man never concealed his love for this man, and even expressed his admiration to this man more than once. However, this man only thought that he was joking every time, and said that he was too young and not suitable for them. , this attitude of treating him as a little brother made him feel very discouraged.

He has obviously grown up now!

Zhao Hao just said "Yeah" and said, "You shouldn't come here." He knew that the boy appeared here to find him, but this was already the realm of Dacheng, and the boy came here. It's not safe. He

said .

But to the young man's ears, this sentence sounded like the man didn't want to see him.

"You don't want to see me that much? If you don't let me come, I will come." A Qi is a little willful young man, otherwise he would not have risked his life and come here again and again, just to wait. This man who shows up here occasionally. He also threw the guards who protected him far away to wait for him, and did not allow them to come near, so he ran over alone.

As soon as he heard the tone of the young man's words, Zhao Si knew that the young man had misunderstood him, but he had no intention of explaining. He grabbed the wine bag on his side and took a sip of wine. He asked the young man, "Do you want to drink?"

"This is yours. Dacheng's wine?" Ah Qi took it, raised his head and took a sip. At the end, he stuck out his little tongue and licked his lips, "It smells just like the Dacheng's wine he had drank before. It's completely different. This wine has a fragrant aroma and is spicy in the mouth. It's delicious!

"Yes, it's very fragrant." Zhao Si asked for the wine bag and went back, took another sip, and said with great pride, "My little apprentice sent it to me, and my little apprentice brewed the wine himself."

Only for the young man to taste . After taking a sip, he didn't plan to give the boy another drink.

Seeing that the man was not going to give him any more, A Qi widened his eyes and asked, "Aren't you going to give me a drink?"

Zhao Si originally didn't want to give the boy any more drinks, but the boy was too young and didn't want to give it to him. He drank, and secondly, he only had so much wine left, and if he gave half of it to others, he would have none, so he was really reluctant to part with it. But when he saw the young man looking at him with wide eyes and staring at his wine bag, probably because the young man's look pleased him, he handed the wine bag over again, "I'll give you another taste."

"That's you . Is that the apprentice I'm talking about? He can also make wine. He's really good." A Qi heard that the man said that he had an apprentice, but he had never seen the apprentice that the man said before he knew that this wine was his apprentice. After making the wine, he couldn't help but admire the man's apprentice who knew how to make wine, and the wine he made was so delicious. He asked, "When can I see him?" "Maybe there will be a chance. "Zhao Si's words were obviously perfunctory to the boy, but the boy didn't hear it.

After giving the young man another sip of wine, Zhao Si refused to let him drink any more.

Seeing that the man refused to give him a drink, Aqi glared at the man and said, "You are so stingy. We, the Yuma nation, have good things to share with our friends."

"Hahaha... We in Dacheng don't have this rule. "

Zhao Si laughed loudly. He was not ashamed of the boy's accusation at all. Instead, he thought teasing the boy was an interesting thing.

The acquaintance of the two was a coincidence. In the past two years, the gate would occasionally be opened, and the Hu people would enter the pass to conduct trade with the Dacheng people. At that time, the young man was following his tribe to buy and sell things in the pass. He got separated from the tribe and was killed by several people. There were a lot of grown-up people surrounding him, and when he saw it, he helped the foreign boy out of the siege.

Without thinking about this group, I found a little tail for myself, and I still can't get rid of it.

Dacheng and the Hu people have always had some conflicts. Although people on both sides have trade contacts, they often have conflicts and disputes. The Hu people often made trouble in the pass, and some even entered the pass, killed people and then ran away, so they later closed the gate and banned trade with the Hu people.

And because he helped the young man at the beginning, the two of them became connected. It was also their fate to meet again later.

Chapter 005

The young man is about the same age as his young apprentice. He is a man who talks more than his young apprentice. He chatters all the time around him, but this adds a little more fun to his lonely life at the border. Zhao Si acquiesced to the young man appearing beside him. Occasionally, he would come to the hillside to have fun, and the young man would run over on horseback, and the two of them would meet each other.

It's not that Zhao Si didn't know that the boy liked him, but he never took it seriously. How could such a young child know what liking and love are.

Seeing that the clouds in the west were gradually fading, and knowing that the sun would set soon, he knew that it was time for him to go back, and it was time for the young man to go back to their side. Sitting up from the grass, Zhao Si looked at the young man who had been sitting next to him for a long time and said, "Go back, I'm going back too."

"I..." Seeing the man about to leave, A Qi moved quickly. After grabbing the man's wrist, Zhao Si looked down at the wrist held by the young man and asked the young man with his eyes if there was anything else and whether it was time to let go of his hand.

After a pause, Ah Qi thought of what he wanted to ask, "I...you, will you come tomorrow?"

"Not necessarily. Okay, be good, go back. It's not peaceful recently, so don't run around alone." Zhao Si could tell from the boy's clothes that his status in the tribe was not low. It's just that he doesn't know the boy's identity as a prince yet.

He didn't want the young man to risk his life and come here just to see him. The grassland had not been peaceful recently. If something unexpected happened to the young man just to see him, he would feel bad about it.

"Are you concerned about me?" A Qi asked happily.

Zhao Si did not answer his question, but just smiled at the young man, laughing at his simplicity.

When he was about to mount his horse, he remembered something. Zhao Si suddenly remembered how the young man eagerly wanted his wine just now. After thinking about it, he took off the wine bag hanging on his waist, threw it to the young man, and said, "Just There is only so much left, so I'll give it to you. I'll treat you to a drink next time."

"Okay, remember to treat me to a drink next time." What the boy wants is to meet the man next time.

"I'm back." Zhao Si climbed on his horse and motioned for the young man to get on his own horse.

The two men got on their horses and ran in two different directions. Zhao Si rode his horse and stood on the high slope. When he saw the young man going to the opposite side to join his tribe, he turned his horse and headed towards the camp. Direction back. The two met briefly and then went back to their respective places. I don't know when the next meeting will be.

The clouds in the west gradually faded away, and the sun set.

At this time, the news from the border was rushed to the capital and presented to the prince's desk.

Good news came from the border: General Zhao Hao Zhao led his troops to attack the enemy at night, entered the enemy's king's tent, took the enemy's commander's head, burned the enemy's food and grass, and directly disrupted the enemy's internal affairs... So this battle Before the official battle began, Hu Jun retreated.

"Letter from the border, the Hu people have retreated."

Early the next morning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince announced the news in front of all the officials in the court, saying, "The soldiers who have made great achievements in battle this time should be rewarded. These are all our achievements." Warriors."

If it weren't for these warriors who risked their lives to attack the enemy camp at night, the battle between Dacheng and the Hu people would have been inevitable. Once a battle broke out, there was no telling how many people would die. The imperial court originally planned to send reinforcements to the border pass, but unexpectedly, the crisis was resolved before the reinforcements even set off.

This was all thanks to the fact that he risked his life to sneak into the enemy camp, killed the Hu army general and burned the enemy's food and grass, which made the Hu people retreat.

"The barbarians have retreated?"

"The barbarians have really retreated?"

"Didn't His Highness the Prince just say that the barbarians have retreated? Can this be true?"

The officials in the court still couldn't believe that the barbarians were like this. They simply retreated and everyone was discussing this issue. The border issue has always been a concern for everyone. Now that they know that the Hu troops have withdrawn and there is no need to fight, some officials no longer have to worry about the Hu army breaking through the gate and coming to the capital.

When they heard that His Royal Highness the Prince wanted to reward the soldiers at the border, the officials all agreed. This time, no one had any

objections .

This time the crisis at the border was lifted, and the faces of both the prince and the officials in the court were obviously relaxed. Otherwise, the current external and internal troubles might have caused unrest in the court. Now the crisis has been resolved without a single soldier at the border pass. This is also thanks to the soldiers at the border pass. These soldiers should be rewarded.

After the morning dynasty, the officials came out of the main hall, and their walking pace became obviously relaxed.

Along with the news from the border, there was also a letter written by his master. Li Wen read the letter and said, "Master... he is simply audacious. This is simply..." This man simply did not care about himself. Take your safety seriously! What if something happened? That was a large camp of hundreds of thousands of Hu troops. If they were caught, they would definitely have no chance of survival.

Fortunately, nothing happened! Otherwise, there would be no chance to write this letter to him.

Even if he didn't personally participate in the process, Li Wen could imagine the thrill of this assassination mission.

From the perspective of national justice, exchanging the end of a war at the smallest cost can avoid the sacrifice of more people. But from a personal perspective, if he had been present at the time, he would have stopped the master from risking such a thing.

"It's okay, I hope I can come back safely." Knowing that he was safe, Li Wen was worried and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. After putting down the letter in his hand, he wrote an article with his own hands and asked people to send it to the newspaper office, requesting that it be typed and printed today. This version of the newspaper should be published today.

On this day, the Kyoto Daily published an additional newspaper, which published the news that the Hu army had withdrawn and the danger at the border had been lifted.

There is also that reports on the warriors who went to attack the enemy camp at night, and highly praises and praises the patriotic behavior of these warriors.

As soon as this newspaper was published that day, it still caused a great sensation in the capital, and many people were discussing this matter.

Autumn is turning to winter, and the weather in the capital is getting colder and colder.

The first snow fell, and the entire capital was covered in white and silver.

As the New Year approaches, the spirit of the New Year becomes more and more intense, and there is an endless flow of cars, horses and pedestrians on the streets. After the death of the late emperor, the lives of the people were not affected at all. They lived their lives as they should. In their chats after dinner, the people would also talk about the border wars being stopped and the barbarians withdrawing their troops.

For the common people, it is a good thing if they can avoid fighting and the court will not recruit troops.

In the eyes of the people, whichever emperor can make them eat well and live a good life should be a good emperor.

However, this year, due to the death of the late emperor and the period of national mourning, all the brothels in the city were closed and were not allowed to open. No matter whether it was officials in the court or ordinary people, they were prohibited from having fun. All restaurants and inns in the city are prohibited from selling alcohol, and anyone caught doing so will be punished.

In such a sensitive period, the officials in the DPRK are all afraid that they will be demoted and lost their official positions by the one above them. Once someone catches the evidence and reports it to His Highness the Crown Prince, their career will be ruined. . His Highness the Crown Prince always seems to have a smile on his face, but after this palace turmoil, everyone understood that their Crown Prince seemed to have no temper, but in fact His Highness was the worst. The one he provoked, otherwise the person sitting there today would not be the prince, but might be another prince.

The person sitting in the upper position now is His Highness the Crown Prince. It is just one more ceremony before His Highness the Crown Prince can put on the dragon robe and sit on the dragon chair. Now, His Highness the Crown Prince is equal to their king and their emperor. In the future, they will Someone to be loyal to. Since His Highness the Crown Prince took over the power, the officials who originally belonged to the First Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fourth Prince were either removed from their posts or demoted, and transferred away from the capital. It is impossible for these people to return to the capital to serve as officials for the rest of their lives.

So at this time, officials in the DPRK and China must be more careful.

Because of his old age, Dong Xian proposed to resign and return to his hometown. "I am really powerless and cannot continue to serve the court. I am ashamed of my late emperor..." After the death of his daughter and grandson, Dong Xian knew that the Dong family should He wanted to withdraw from the court and could no longer stay in the capital, so before the prince could attack him, he resigned in order to save the Dong family.

Otherwise, when the prince takes action against him, the Dong family will really die.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, but when Dong Xian submitted the offer for the first time to resign and return to his hometown, he approved the offer and allowed Prime Minister Dong to resign and return.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Dong Xiang looked much older. He stood up from the ground tremblingly, said goodbye to His Highness the Crown Prince, and left the palace

. Dong Xiang resigned from his position and handed over all his powers.

Looking at the leaving figure, Yang Shaomu cursed the old fox in his heart. Dong Xian was smart. He knew that if he took the initiative to resign and handed over the power to him, he would not do anything to him. On this point, Dong Xian was indeed right in his bet.

With Concubine Dong Gui and the Seventh Prince already dead, Dong Xian no longer posed any threat to him. It's not that Yang Shaomu didn't know what Dong Xian had done over the years. He even had some evidence in his hands, and he was just waiting for that day to capture

Dong Xian .

It's just that he wants to kill everyone at this time, which is too much for his wife.

So what if we let Dong Xian and the Dong family go? Presumably there is no need for him to take action personally. There are always some people who have offended the Dong family in the past and will not let them go. I think the Dong family will not live well in the future. And these have nothing to do with him.

Chapter 006

At this time, Dong Xiang resigned from office, leaving the Prime Minister vacant. The officials in the court were all guessing who would take the Prime Minister's position. However, His Highness the Crown Prince does not seem to have a particular favorite. To say who His Highness the Crown Prince treats the most differently, apart from his companion Zhao Xiangyi, General Zhao, the only one is Li Wen and Li Liuyuan.

When the late emperor passed away, the officials standing in front saw the late emperor summoning Li Liuyuan to him and seemed to be saying something to Li Liuyuan and the prince. No wonder the prince valued Li Liuyuan so much. When the late emperor was still alive, he valued Li Liuyuan so highly. Otherwise, Li Wen would not have been able to climb to this position so quickly at such a young age.

However, Li asked that Li Liuyuan was too young and lacked qualifications, so he couldn't take on the position of prime minister, right?

The officials in the DPRK were discussing and talking about this matter one after another. They did not think that Li Wen was qualified to take up the position of prime minister.

The person in question was not that concerned about this matter. Li Wen was self-aware and knew that he was not qualified to be the prime minister.

On this day, Li Wen came into the palace. After discussing business, Yang Shaomu talked about the selection of the prime minister and asked Li Wen what he meant.

"Are you not curious at all, who will Gu choose to be the prime minister?" Yang Shaomu also heard a little bit about the discussion about the position of prime minister outside. He saw that Li Wen didn't care about the matter at all. He couldn't help but ask.

ah?

When His Highness the Crown Prince asked him, Li Wen raised his head to look at His Highness the Crown Prince, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to tell me?"

"It was Gu who was asking you, but you asked Gu Gu the other way around. "

Yang Shaomu couldn't help but smile when he saw the young man's innocent look, and said, "I want you to be my prime minister. What do you think?" If the young man were to be his prime minister, Yang Shao would Mu doesn't think it's impossible.

"..." Li asked, "No, I'm not suitable."

He didn't want to be the prime minister at all. He was exhausted enough now. He felt that if he really wanted to be the prime minister, he really had to "dedicate himself to death" "Then it's over", I'm afraid I won't be overworked and die of exhaustion at my job.

Others thought they couldn't, but Li Wen pushed away the opportunity when it was presented to him. If the officials in the court heard this, they might beat their chests. Look, others are officials, and they are also officials. Why are they so official? Is the difference really that big?

"Why are you inappropriate? You should tell me." You have to give him a reason, right? Yang Shaomu waited for the boy to continue talking.

Among the many officials in the court, Yang Shaomu went through many selections, but he did not feel that any one was more suitable for the position of prime minister than Li Wen. Those who were more senior than Li Wen were not as smart and capable as Li Wen. Several of the elders are old and may not be able to serve as prime minister for a few more years. Most of the officials in the court have their own selfish motives and their own interests. No one like Li Wen has no selfish motives of his own and is dedicated to doing things for Dacheng and the people of the world.

What he needs now is someone who is sincere and has the ability to help him. From this point of view, Li Wen is young and promising and has the ability. No one is more suitable for this position than Li Wen.

Li Wen's eyes widened, he looked at His Highness the Crown Prince, and asked in horror, "You're not telling the truth, are you?"

Is His Highness the Crown Prince crazy? I just want him to be the prime minister.

Is this something you can do for fun? The prime minister is the head of the civil service, subordinate to one person and superior to ten thousand people. He holds great power in his hands and can mobilize all the civil servants below him. Like him, he just wants to be a small minister in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, so that he can make some money for the court and do something. For a position like prime minister that needs to be in charge of the overall situation, if he doesn't have that ability, he really You can't just sit on it. Otherwise, the higher you sit, the more likely you will fall.

He didn't feel that he was suitable to be the prime minister at all.

Li Wen felt that there was someone more suitable than him, and that was their teacher in Nanyang. But does he dare to say it? If he dared to propose to His Highness the Crown Prince that Dean Fu should be the prime minister, he was afraid that his teacher would write to him in the capital and sever the teacher-student relationship with him. But Li Wen knew that even if he didn't say anything, His Highness the Crown Prince would definitely have thought of their teacher. However, whether His Highness the Crown Prince could invite people to the capital would depend on His Highness the Crown Prince's abilities.

In fact, both of them understood that there was really someone suitable to be the prime minister. Even His Highness the Crown Prince did not have the ability to invite someone here.

"Li Liuyuan, I will give you a task." Yang Shaomu looked at Li Wen and suddenly smiled, his smile was particularly amiable

. "Your Highness, please don't smile at me like this, I will think you are interested in me." .

But since His Highness the Crown Prince said that he has a task assigned to him, he can't say that I won't take it, but he can listen to it. Li Wen responded respectfully, "Your Highness, please tell me."

"This candidate who is most suitable for the prime minister, Gu Xiang, just like you, must have thought of someone." Yang Shaomu mentioned their teacher, Fu Yihan, Bachelor of Science. If their teacher could be invited to serve as the prime minister, the officials in the DPRK would definitely have no objections.

If anyone in the world has the ability to be the prime minister, it is definitely their master Yi Han.

Sure enough, Li Wen guessed what His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to say, "Your Highness, I am just worried that I will live up to His Highness's expectations. I am going to Nanyang to ask for a teacher... 1 I am afraid that I will be beaten out by the teacher." If he dared to run there. Nanyang went to tell Dean Fu that His Royal Highness wanted him to invite the old man to come to the capital to be the prime minister. He really didn't want the teacher to call him out.

"But..." However, Li Wen thought that if you go alone, you will definitely not be kicked out. "Your Highness, if you go in person, your status will be different now. The teacher will definitely not..." Invite you out again, He couldn't guarantee the next sentence.

But if His Royal Highness wants to go in person, the chance of success will definitely be much greater than if he invites you.

Yang Shaomu has this idea. It seems that he is going to Nanyang in person. If he can invite his teacher to come out, his candidate for the prime minister can be decided. If not, you can consider your junior brother?

Seeing the prince smiling at him, Li Wen smiled slightly and said, "I don't understand such a big thing, please don't look for me."

After December, the trade market in the West District is becoming more and more prosperous. All kinds of goods arriving in the capital are shipped here every day and are traded here. There are hundreds of large and small transactions here every day. Done here.

There are personnel arranged by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce here, who are responsible for shifts every day, supervising and guarding the market, as well as guaranteeing the guarantors and facilitating transactions between the two parties.

All the warehouses built on both sides have been rented out, and there are officials guarding and managing them outside the warehouses. If the goods are lost or damaged, if the government is responsible, the government will compensate up to 50% to 70% of the loss of goods.

Merchants can rent warehouses at low rents, so once the warehouses are opened to the public, they are immediately rented out. In the case of limited warehouses, arrive early and get ready early. Merchants who arrive late cannot rent an official warehouse, so they can only rent private places to store goods. Not only is the rent expensive, it is not necessarily safe, and the placement of goods is not so easy. Guaranteed.

Li Wen knew that there were not enough warehouses there. He originally thought that so many warehouses should be enough. "We have to consider the off-season and peak seasons of commodity trading. If there are not so many merchants and goods in the off-season, we will build so many warehouses." If the warehouse is empty and cannot be rented out, it will be a huge loss. "

"Let's do a market survey first to see if we need to build more warehouses. "

Seeing that all of his subordinates were confused, he had no choice but to explain the market research and the off-season and peak seasons of commodity trading to the people below. The rest was to assign tasks to the people below.

"Yes, sir."

As soon as their adults explained it, everyone understood and felt that it really made sense.

"In the future, when it comes to aspects that require investment and expansion of construction, special personnel must conduct investigations and research before making a decision." You can't say there is anything wrong, so just build blindly, in case it costs more Manpower and material resources are wasted to build so many useless places, which is a huge waste of investment.

The Hu Bu has just allocated a sum of money to go to the northwest. The Hu Bu certainly doesn't have a lot of money there.

When winter came and it snowed, the road paving project was temporarily stopped and construction could not continue until next spring. There will be several projects that will be launched after the spring of next year, and by then the project will be the main project. If it is launched smoothly, it can add a lot of revenue to the national treasury.

Now that the war between Dacheng and the Hu people has ended, they can consider reopening the door and continue trading with the Hu people. The Hu people's cattle and sheep fur are cheap, and their Dacheng side can trade large quantities of goods with the Hu people. Wool and cowhide, these things are relatively scarce in Dachengdu. Isolating the country is definitely not an option in the long run. Trade between the two ethnic groups can lead to exchanges and integration between the two ethnic groups. Through this kind of culture and exchanges, these barbarians can be subtly changed, which will help them unify the grasslands in the future.

We can discuss this issue with His Highness the Crown Prince later and ask him what he means. I believe His Highness the Crown Prince will not refuse.

Since the prince came to power, the man in the family has been very busy and has not seen anyone for three days. Li Wen knew that Zhao Xiangyi was not in the capital and had gone out to do things for the prince. Both of them are very busy, each busy with their own things. When he has time to spare and can't see anyone, he will still think of that person in his heart.

But now that the prince is in power, it is better than other princes in power. Their situation is probably better.

"Let's go to the trade market." Li Wen took Du Ruoheng to the market.

Du Ruoheng actually didn't want to go with their adults. He had too many things on his hands that he had not yet finished. But seeing that their adults were in high spirits, he didn't want to spoil their adults' interest, so he had to put down what he was doing. After

the road was re-widened in the West District, vehicles, horses and goods could enter smoothly, and there was no congestion outside.

Since this market started operating, it has brought a lot of employment opportunities to these people in the West District. There are many big men moving things on the roadside, cars and horses are coming and going, and many businessmen are running here. .

They got off the carriage, and Li Wen led the people inside. He first went to their management office to take a look, then went around to look at the warehouse. He saw that every warehouse was full, and there were people inside. It is filled with goods shipped from various places, and these goods are then transported from the capital to other places. "When the investigators come back with the results, let's see if this warehouse needs to be expanded."

Wait until we see this Considering the situation, Li Wen also felt that more warehouses should be added.

After walking around the warehouse, they went to the food court. Since they were all here, they definitely had to go to the

food court.

As soon as I smell the aroma of food in the air, my whole mood becomes happy.

So later on, they, Mr. Li, bought and bought all the way, and by the way, they gave a hand to the two people following behind.

Principal Du, who was stuffed with snacks, "..."

Ah Chen followed their adults. Seeing that their adults were eating happily, he also had a lot of things stuffed in his hands, and followed their adults step by step. behind.

Chapter 007

After the national mourning is over, it will be the coronation ceremony of the new emperor.

However, before the enthronement ceremony was to be held, the dragon robe that the new emperor would wear when he ascended the throne had not yet been made. It took a group of embroiderers at least half a year to embroider a dragon robe. From the death of the previous emperor to the prince's accession to the throne, in just a few short years, Within a month, a group of embroiderers worked day and night, but failed to embroider the dragon robe before the new emperor's coronation ceremony.

The date is chosen by the Qintian Supervisor. Once this date is set, it cannot be changed. The enthronement ceremony cannot be postponed just because there is no dragon robe.

A country cannot live without a king for a day. The late emperor has passed away, and the prince must ascend the throne as soon as possible in order to appease people's hearts and manage the government. The officials in the court naturally hope that His Royal Highness the prince can complete the enthronement hall as soon as possible and become the new king.

When the matter was reported to him, Yang Shaomu did not anger the people below him because of it. He just thought about it and said, "I remember that the late emperor still left a lot of dragon robes. You can ask someone to do it." Just take a few of the dragon robes left by the late emperor and change them." He remembered that there were still many dragon robes left by the late emperor. Some of them seemed to have not been worn yet and were kept in the cabinet. It's better to change it so that it can be worn.

A dragon robe needs to be embroidered with fine gold embroidery thread, stitch by stitch. I don't know how much money such a dragon robe will cost.

In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Yang Shaomu has not been a wasteful person since he was the prince, and this has not changed now that he has become the emperor. After moving into the palace, he also ordered that the proportion of the emperor and the concubines in the harem be lowered. It is true that the life of the royal family is too extravagant, there are too many unnecessary extravagances and waste, and some unnecessary things are enough. Forget it.

For this reason, the ministers in the court felt that it was inappropriate and advised him to follow the emperor's standards and etiquette.

What's wrong? Yang Shaomu would like to ask the officials in the court. Emperor Wu didn't have so many rules at that time. Why did he have more and more rules when he came here? With one sentence, the officials below were silenced and no longer dared to mention the matter.

"Yes, Your Highness."

The palace servants sent the late emperor's dragon robe to the Clothing Bureau and asked the master to make it according to the instructions of His Highness. The dragon robe was resized and sent over. Changing a dragon robe takes much more time than re-embroidering a dragon robe, so they sent the altered dragon robe over within a few days

. The little eunuch who was serving said, "Master, would you like to try this dragon robe to see if it fits? If it doesn't fit, let someone change it .

"

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"Then try it."

Yang Shaomu put it on under the service of the palace servants. Wearing this dragon robe, the dragon robe is embroidered with an eight-clawed golden dragon. Only emperors can wear

the dragon robe .

He once thought that one day, he might put on a dragon robe, sit on the dragon robe, and become the king of this world. To this day, when he actually puts on this dragon robe, he doesn't feel as happy or excited as he thought at that time. Wearing this dragon robe on his body feels more like a responsibility, a responsibility to Dacheng. , It is the responsibility to all the people, and it is the responsibility of the emperor.

He put on the dragon robe as he wished, and was about to sit on the throne of the King of God and become the master of the world.

Three days later, it was time for the new emperor's coronation ceremony.

The enthronement ceremony was held in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

On this day, the officials from the DPRK entered the palace before dawn and headed to the Ancestral Temple. Standing in front were the royal family members, and behind were the civil and military officials. A large group of people stood here.

Li Wen stood in the crowd. The cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck. From the corner of his eyes, he noticed that the official next to him was standing with his legs shaking, shaking like a sieve, and he felt pitiful. It makes people want to laugh again. It's a very cold day, not to mention a young and strong man like him, let alone this group of elderly ministers, who can't bear the cold wind.

The ritual music was playing, and the ritual officer stood in front of the Ancestral Temple and read a poem.

They stood at a distance below and couldn't hear clearly. Li Wen didn't know if the others wanted to sleep. Anyway, he felt cold and wanted to sleep at the moment.

I don't know how long it took before the official's poem was finished.

The new emperor, who was dressed in a dragon robe, was accompanied by his legitimate son Yang Xuan, followed by the queen mother, empress, and several concubines. Empress Shangguan is now promoted to the Queen Mother, Crown Princess Situ Xue is promoted to the Queen, and several concubines of the Crown Prince are promoted to concubines and nobles according to their status, with different ranks.

There are long steps in front of the Ancestral Temple. Yang Shaomu led his legitimate son up one step at a time. The little prince's legs were too short, making it difficult to walk.

There was no impatience on Yang Shaomu's face, and he slowed down and waited for his legitimate son to catch up. The child seems to know that today is different from the past. It is either a day where he can cry or cry, or he follows his father with gritted teeth and walks step by step. Looking from a distance, the officials could see the little prince's small figure, following the new emperor step by step to the Ancestral Temple.

A cluster of sunlight penetrated the clouds, shone in front of the Ancestral Temple, and hit the new emperor. The golden light shrouded the new emperor. The dragon robe worn by the new emperor was embroidered with gold thread. The eight-clawed golden dragon was lifelike, as if it would be the next moment. It will be like stepping on auspicious clouds and rising into the sky.

All the officials knelt down and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live the emperor -"

"My beloved lords, please be safe."

The etiquette of the new emperor's enthronement ceremony was complicated and lengthy.

Li Wen stood below and felt drowsy while listening. He stood there with his head lowered and his eyes closed.

At this time, he felt a familiar sight fall on him. He subconsciously raised his head to catch the sight, and saw a man wearing armor standing outside. The two people's eyes met, and he subconsciously showed a smile. To men.

There were so many people standing in the crowd, but Zhao Xiangyi could still find him accurately at a glance.

When he saw the young man lowering his head just now, he thought to himself that the young man was most likely dozing off. When he thought of this, Zhao Xiangyi couldn't help but smile.

His man looks so handsome in this outfit! Li Wen thought to himself.

He seemed to know that the man was standing not far from him. He no longer felt sleepy or dozed off. He would look up at the man from time to time. At this time, Zhao Xiangyi would turn to look at him. At this moment, everyone's eyes were on the new emperor, and they would not notice the two of them. They were just looking at each other openly in public.

I don't know how long it took, but I finally heard the ceremony official shouting "The ceremony is completed."

The officials shouted "Long live". His Royal Highness has now become their new king and their new master.

Mumumu's

enthronement ceremony ended.

After the emperor's guard of honor has passed, the officials can disperse on their own.

Li Wen raised his eyes and found that the man had already left with the emperor's guard of honor. He knew that at this time, Zhao Xiangyi must protect the emperor's safety, and naturally he had to stay with the emperor. This couldn't help but make him feel a little lost. The two hadn't seen each other for three days.

Today, after seeing such a far-sighted scene, he couldn't even say a word. Hey...

An official greeted him on the road. Li Wen smiled cheekily, dealt with the crowd, and walked out of the crowd quickly, thinking of finding someone quickly. Put some water somewhere. People have three urgent needs, but at this time, even if they have an urgent need to urinate, they have to endure it. Fortunately, the ceremony is over, so we can quickly find a place to solve the three urgent needs.

When he walked to the corner, a hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed his wrist, "..." Li Wen almost peed in fear.

Today, Zhao Xiangyi mobilized soldiers from the Xishan Camp to maintain the holding and safety of the ceremony. He was responsible for protecting the emperor's safety. After the ceremony, Zhao Xiangyi sent the emperor back to the palace and turned back to find someone. He had been in and out of the palace since he was a child and was very familiar with the palace, so he took a shortcut to come here.

From a distance, he saw the person he was looking for on the opposite side. He turned around and hid behind it, waiting for the young man to come. He successfully abducted the young man, pulled him to a deserted corner, and pressed the young man against the wall. He lowered his head and kissed the young man's lips.

"Uh-huh."

Li Wen patted the man's shoulder. If it doesn't work, let him go quickly. If he kisses him again, he will wet himself!

Zhao Xiangyi let go of the boy and saw that the boy's face was flushed and his lips were red from his kiss. He lowered his head and wanted to kiss the boy again. Li Wen covered the man's lips, suppressed his blush and whispered something in the man's ear.

"Haha..." Zhao Xiangyi couldn't help laughing, his chest shaking with laughter, "If you didn't tell me earlier, let's go, I will take you to find a place."

Did you give me a chance just now? Li Wen rolled his eyes in his mind and couldn't help but complain in his mind.

When the water in my stomach was released, I felt completely refreshed.

The two found a place where no one was around, hugged each other and kissed each other inseparably. After the kiss ended, the two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Zhao Xiangyi pecked the young man's lips and asked, "Do you miss me?"

"Yes." There was nothing embarrassing to admit. Li Wen did miss this man, so he admitted openly that he missed him. If it weren't for the wrong place, both of them would have wanted to find a place to have sex. Li Wen rubbed his face against the man's neck and asked, "I miss you very much. Are you coming back tonight?"

The meaning of this sentence was clear to both adults without any explanation.

Li Wen's face was a little red, and he was still a little embarrassed.

"Go back, wait for me when I get back tonight." Not only did the boy miss him, Zhao Xiangyi also missed his boy. Seeing the boy's blushing face, he couldn't help but kiss the boy again before letting him go.

The two hid in a corner and hugged each other for a while. After all, this was not a suitable place and they might be seen by people passing by at any time. Zhao Xiangyi let go of his boy, stretched out his hand to tidy up his clothes, and the two of them went out together.

On

this day, when the city gate was about to close, a carriage quietly left the capital. Outside the carriage were escorted guards. Each of these guards was a master. The guard showed the token in his hand, but the general guarding the city did not dare to stop him. He did not even check the carriage and let it leave the city.

Sitting in the carriage was the noble Queen Mother of Dacheng. Shangguan Wanqing was sitting upright in the carriage, with neither happiness nor sadness on her face.

Letting her go to Xiangguo Temple was an imperial decree issued by the late emperor before his death. The man she loved most did not love her, but fell in love with another woman. The person she hates most in her life, probably besides herself, is Zhao Yueyan, the woman who has been dead for more than ten years. Zhao Yueyan was already dead, and the man she loved had also passed away. There seemed to be no point in her staying in that palace, so she might as well leave.

This time she did not put her son in trouble. After seeing her son ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, Shangguan Wanqing had no regrets in her heart, so she proposed to go to Xiangguo Temple in the name of praying for Dacheng.

The emperor stood in front of the door of the palace, looking far away, looking in the direction of the palace door, not knowing what he was thinking...

Chapter 008

Eunuchs and maids in the palace can leave the palace and go home when they reach old age.

Generally, after the palace maids leave the palace, they can find a man to marry and have a son and a half if they are not too old. It's just that the eunuch was castrated and couldn't give birth to a child even if he left the palace to find a woman. In addition, the world looked down on eunuchs and thought that eunuchs were not men without their lower parts. Often, eunuchs would suffer all kinds of abuse from the world after leaving the palace. Rolling eyes, being bullied, and eventually dying alone. Therefore, eunuchs often choose to stay in the palace to serve their masters, and rarely choose to leave the palace.

After the death of the former emperor, Eunuch Sun, the old eunuch who served the former emperor, still stayed in the palace, and his status was a bit embarrassing. The new emperor had his own confidants and would not use him, an old man who served the former emperor.

Sun Dehai handed over the position of general manager of the palace to the eunuch beside the late emperor, proposed to leave the palace, simply packed two boxes of things given to him by the late emperor and the nobles, and took his adopted godson, Little Eunuch Su, to open the boxes. The door of Liuyuan Mansion.

Li Wen didn't expect that Eunuch Sun would come to see him. Seeing that Eunuch Sun would kneel down and salute as soon as he saw him, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the person, "It's necessary." After all, this person was always served by the late emperor. Old man, when the late emperor was here, even the officials in the court had to sell Eunuch Sun three thin noodles.

The first time he entered the palace to see the emperor, it was Eunuch Sun who led him there. He still remembered this.

In the past, when he came in and out of the palace, Eunuch Sun always treated him well. People should be grateful. Even though the late emperor has passed away now, in his eyes, the Eunuch Sun of today is still no different from the Eunuch Sun of the past.

"I don't know if Eunuch Sun is here today, but why do you want to see me?" Li Wen asked Eunuch Sun to sit down and let the people below serve

tea .

"The old slave shamelessly came to see you today because he wanted to ask you to take in the old slave and the child next to him." Eunuch Sun sat down and explained his purpose of coming today, "The old slave was sold by his family since he was a child. In the palace, I have served the late emperor for decades. There are no relatives at home anymore. I don't know where to go outside the palace. After thinking about it, I just want to come to Mr. Li, your

old slave. Nothing else. The only thing I can do is serve people. If you don't mind, I am willing to stay by your side and serve you. "The reason

why Sun Haide chose Li Liuyuan is because Li Liuyuan treats eunuchs like them differently from others. The officials always looked down upon these eunuchs when they saw them, but Master Li was the only one who looked at them with such eyes

.

Ever since he became a eunuch, Sun Haide had not experienced this kind of respect from others for many years. In the past, when Mr. Li came in from outside the palace, he would occasionally give them small things. Usually the things were not too expensive, but they could be delivered to people's hearts.

In the past, he had thought about where he would go if he could leave the palace one day. After thinking about it, Sun Dehai came up with the idea of ​​coming to Mr. Li Liuyuan. He brought a lot of valuable things with him when he left the palace. These things had to be exchanged for silver. There were quite a few. He was willing to give these things to Mr. Li in exchange for a place to stay, as long as Mr. Li could take them in and give them a place to go. Just fine.

He himself is old and does not have a few good years to live, but the child he brought out from the palace is still young and will still have a long life in the rest of his life. This child has been with him since entering the womb. Being stupid is better than being obedient. After he leaves in the future, this child can still have a good master. This is why Sun Haide found six yuan today. Half of the reason why he came to the palace was because of the child he brought out of the palace.

He was the one who brought this child out by using the face he had served the late emperor in the palace for decades.

Li Wen understood the purpose of Eunuch Sun's visit and was a little stunned. This man was an old man serving the late emperor. How dare he let Eunuch Sun serve him! He said hurriedly, "I will naturally welcome Eunuch Sun to come to my Liuyuan Mansion. Not to mention being a waiter or not, but I am short of a housekeeper in this house. If you are not willing, I wonder if you can be my housekeeper." The housekeeper in this house?, '

This is an old man who served the late emperor after his death. It would be too wasteful to use the palace housekeeper to serve people. It is better to help him take care of the chores in the house and help him train him. Several stewards came out.

He really needs a housekeeper in his house. Is Yingchun a girl's house or a housekeeper temporarily arranged by him? She is still not sure about some of the favors in the capital. This job It really needs someone who understands these aspects. Besides, the Spring Festival is getting older every year. When a girl reaches a certain age, she still has to get married and have children. He doesn't want to delay a girl's life-long event

. It would be great if Eunuch Sun could come to his Liuyuan Mansion. He also felt that his Liuyuan Mansion was too small. Everyone would be vying for Eunuch Sun's ability to be placed in any mansion in the capital. Are you trying to get it? He didn't expect that Eunuch Sun would choose to come to his Liuyuan Mansion, but he really made a profit.

Sun Haide didn't expect that he would be able to get a butler, so he was naturally willing to do so. "Your Majesty ordered, Children should work hard to do things for adults. "

As soon as the two people talked, they agreed.

"Okay, don't rush today. Eunuch Sun, you have just come out of the palace, and you must not be used to it in some places. Why don't you take a good rest for the next few days? Send someone to take you around the capital. I will ask Yingchun to explain clearly to you the matters in the house. From now on, Yingchun and Xiaosu will work under your father-in-law. If you have any instructions, you can ask them to do it. "Li Wen called someone over and took Eunuch Sun and Little Eunuch Su to have a rest first. He still had a lot of vacant rooms in his house, so he arranged a better place for Eunuch Sun to live.

"Eunuch Sun, you are my friend . As the housekeeper in this house, everyone will call you Housekeeper Sun from now on. And Xiao Su, let's call you Xiao Su

. "

Now that they are out of the palace, Li Wen doesn't want them to continue to bear the title of father-in-law. After all, most people in the world

look down on people like eunuchs. Now that they are out of the palace, they might as well change their identities and continue living.

" All old slaves obey their master. "Sun Haide was moved in his heart, and understood that Mr. Li was thinking about them. He also changed "Master Li" to "Master", which meant that he recognized this master.

Little Suzi followed his godfather . , couldn't say a word from beginning to end, and when he heard the adult mention his name later, he hurriedly thanked, "Thank you, Master. "

"You guys go down and rest first.

"Thank you, master. " "

Li Wen asked Li Tong to take housekeeper Sun and Xiao Suzi to where they lived first. He called Yingchun to come over and gave her some instructions. He asked her to arrange carriages and horses to take Eunuch Sun out for a walk in the past two days.

"Yes, master. "Yingchun is not dissatisfied with this. Originally, she could not be a housekeeper as a woman. The master made an exception and mentioned her as a housekeeper because of her seriousness in work. But even so, the master still said that her monthly routine would not be the same. Change, but from now on I will work under Eunuch Sun, and I will also take care of the miscellaneous things in the house.

Originally, they, the servants who sold themselves as slaves, did not get any monthly money, but their master was kind-hearted, and all the slaves in the house. Not only do they get monthly money, but they also receive rewards during the New Year and holidays. Occasionally, they are given half a day off to go out and have fun.

Looking at the entire capital, I am afraid there is no one as good as their master. The master.

Li Tong led people to the place where they lived. He knew that these two people came from the palace. Aren't they eunuchs who came out of the palace? However, although he was curious about the identities of these two people, the old man suddenly When he came to their place, their young master asked him to be the housekeeper. Based on this alone, this old man must be very powerful, so his attitude towards the new housekeeper was very good and he did not put on any airs.

"Butler Sun, this is where you live. This room is your room, Butler Sun, and the room next door is where Xiao Su lives. If you see what you need, tell me, and I will have someone arrange it for you. "

There's nothing missing. It's pretty good." Sun Haide took a look at this place and was very satisfied.

After arranging housekeeper Sun, Li Tong took Xiao Su to the house next door. After arranging for someone to live there, he returned to his boy's side.

After arriving outside the palace, he came to the house of Mr. Li, whom he liked. When Xiao Suzi saw the bed, he happily threw himself on the bed and rolled around.

After leaving Eunuch Sun behind, Li Wen thought that there was another person he could not tell anyone. The secret was that Zhao Xiangyi often stayed at his place in the middle of the night, and the relationship between the two of them. Eunuch Sun is going to be the steward of his house, and he will definitely find out about it sooner or later.

When Zhao Xiangyi came over in the evening, Li Wen told him about taking Eunuch Sun into his house.

"It doesn't matter if you leave the person in your house to be a housekeeper, but your house needs someone to help you take care of it. Since Eunuch Sun is coming to you, he must want to come to you, so just leave the person behind. He will follow. You will be yours from now on, it doesn't matter if we let him know about our affairs." Zhao Xiangyi did not expect that Eunuch Sun would come directly to Liuyuan Mansion after leaving the palace.

However, he felt that it was a good idea for Li Wen to keep him here. He was in need of a person in charge. Eunuch Sun had served the late emperor for so many years and was familiar with things inside and outside the palace. With the interpersonal relationships among the major families in the capital and other things, it is clear that it would be best for Eunuch Sun to stay here in Liuyuan Mansion to help Li Wen.

Li Wen nodded, and that was true. The late emperor had passed away, and Eunuch Sun now recognized him as his master, and would serve him in the future. However, the late emperor knew about his relationship with Zhao Xiangyi, so even if his relationship with Zhao Xiangyi was known, it would not matter.

"Today, the Queen Mother left the palace." Zhao Xiangyi said suddenly.

"The Queen Mother left the palace?" Li asked not knowing the reason, so Zhao Xiangyi simply explained the matter. Only then did Li Wen understand. It turned out that this was the late emperor's intention, but he didn't know if Concubine Zhao's death that year was related to the Queen Mother.

Concubine Zhao has been gone for so many years, and now the late emperor has also left, and the queen mother has gone to Xiangguo Temple. There is no point in pursuing the past. Now the prince is the emperor, the prince is the king, and they are the ministers. In this world, the surname is "Yang", not "

Zhao".

So some things, let them pass.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Li Wen reached out and touched the man's chest and asked, "Do you want me to comfort you?"

Later, General Zhao told the young man through actions whether he needed someone to comfort him...

Chapter 009

The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month is the New Year.

It snowed heavily during the night and stopped early the next morning.

At this time of year, every household begins to prepare for the New Year. Cars and horses come and go on the streets, pedestrians come in an endless stream, and the roadside is filled with small stalls selling various groceries. There are more caravans coming to the capital this year than in previous years. Goods from all over the country are shipped to the capital. The shops are full of goods, and the trade market in the West District is booming.

The most indispensable thing here in the capital is people and money. Each government sent purchasing managers to buy things.

When merchants bring their goods to the capital, they don't have to worry about selling them. As soon as the good goods arrive in the capital, everyone rushes to buy them.

According to the practice in previous years, at this time of year, the emperor seals the jade seal, and all the government offices in the imperial court They began to close their doors, and officials began to take a break from going to the Yamen until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year. However, this year is an exception. At this time of the Little New Year, the emperor has not yet sealed the jade seal, the government offices are still open, and the officials below are still on duty and cannot go back to celebrate the new year.

Not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, he announced his legitimate son Yang Xuan as the crown prince.

Prince Yang Xuan was born to the empress and was the emperor's eldest son. He should be the first candidate to be crown prince. The officials in the court could not find any reason to object to this. It's just that the new emperor has only one child since he got married, and the number of heirs is too thin. For this reason, the officials in the court have all made excuses, asking the emperor to select concubines to spread their talents.

The new emperor postponed the matter for further discussion on the grounds that he was busy with government affairs.

What this means is that this matter is not urgent and will be discussed after I have finished my work. However, the new emperor has no intention of having a concubine at all.

"Oh, these people even have to take care of how many concubines I have in my harem. I think these people are idle and have nothing to do." Yang Shaomu threw away the note asking him to draft concubines and snorted. Don't think that he doesn't know what these ministers are thinking. They all want to add people to his harem. He has to be willing to do this!

When he was the prince, he didn't like others inserting women with ulterior motives into his backyard. Now that he was the emperor, he would not let others insert women into his harem that he didn't want to sleep with. He does have someone he wants to sleep with, but is he someone he can touch?

Now that the household department is in his hands, and with Li Wen, the God of Wealth, helping him collect money, he doesn't have to worry about the household department being short of money in the future. The money was used to support the army and engage in weapons production. Both the Zhao family and the Wang family stood behind him as the emperor, and the military power was in his hands. Yang Shaomu didn't think he needed women to help him in his harem. To contain the court, the wishful thinking of these ministers may come to nothing with him.

Zhao Xiangyi raised his eyelids and glanced at the pile of coupons on the emperor's desk. Are these coupons for inviting the emperor to have concubines? That's quite a lot. "These people have nothing to do. Your Majesty, can you find more work for them?" General Zhao made a small suggestion.

"You are right. These people are indeed too idle. They know that they are thinking about all these things all day long." Why do he, the emperor, work so hard, and the ministers below have nothing to do all day long, so why do they come to see him, the emperor? trouble? Xintei expressed that his heart was unbalanced.

Following a decree from the palace, the officials of the Six Ministries were so busy that they were unable to take a break and go back to celebrate the New Year.

Haven't you stopped even if you haven't seen the emperor? How could they have the nerve to call Xiu Mu? The officials below all wanted to perform well in front of the emperor, and they were all full of energy and wanted to do a good job.

This year the new emperor took charge of the government, and all the general affairs of the court were handled in an orderly manner. The officials below could not find any fault with the new emperor. The only shortcoming is probably that the new emperor has too few concubines in the harem and too few heirs. The emperor is not willing to listen to their opinions and select concubines. Some of the officials below are worried about this matter.

Some ministers have not given up on this matter, and are still on the road of persuading the emperor to draft concubines.

Li Wen knew about the fact that the officials in the court had asked the emperor to select concubines.

But he felt that they, the ministers, really had nothing to do with the emperor's harem as to whether he would take a wife or not, and whether he would sleep with his wife and have babies. Haven't these officials understood the reason why they are still at work and cannot go back for the holidays to celebrate the New Year? Li Wen rolled his eyes in his heart, feeling that some officials' careers had come to an end at this point.

Anyway, their Ministry of Industry and Commerce doesn't have a holiday at the moment, so it would be better if someone works overtime with them. It's better to work overtime alone than to work overtime together

. It's the beginning of the new year and the end of the old year. It's almost another busy year.

The purchasing matters for their house were already taken care of by someone without him having to worry about it.

Li Wen found that since Butler Sun arrived, he basically didn't need to worry about anything in the house. Butler Sun arranged for people to take care of everything.

During the New Year, various ceremonial exchanges are indispensable. Some require gifts from them, and some are gifts from others. Now that his status is different, there are always people who want to have a good relationship with him and climb into his relationship. , so everyone he knew and didn't know sent him things. How to deal with it is a big question, but Li Wen didn't understand it anyway.

In previous years, when the New Year came, he would have a headache about how to deal with these etiquette things. The gifts sent this year were many times more than last year. When he came back to look at the thick stack of gifts, Li Wen's eyelids jumped, "Were all these received today?"

Is this too much?

"Yes, Master." Butler Sun told their master one by one which family these gifts were from, what they were given, and how they were returned.

It was a troublesome matter for Li Wen, but Butler Sun arranged all these things just by talking. Sure enough, we still need professionals to come, Li Wen thought when he saw such a long gift list, and was once again extremely lucky that Butler Sun chose to live in their house for retirement and continue to use his spare energy.

"Master, you can still accept some gifts that you can accept. If you refuse them all, it will make outsiders think that you are not approachable." When the water is clear, there will be no fish. This saying is not unreasonable, and the same is true in officialdom. Most of these gifts sent by outsiders during the Chinese New Year can still be accepted first and then dealt with.

Butler Sun gave their master a lesson on giving and receiving gifts at a young age, and by the way also talked about some

situations in the various prefectures in the capital.

"..." Li asked, he had a headache, "Don't you have Butler Sun here? You can just make up your mind on these things and let Xiao Suzi and Yingchun handle them."

He sent two people to the steward's men. The butler runs errands so as not to tire out his old man.

"The master trusts the old slave, and the old slave should help the master take care of these things in the house." Butler Sun could see that their master didn't like to care about these trivial things. In the first place, these things should not be left to men. The house still lacks a wife to take care of things.

But thinking about that young general, I'm afraid he wouldn't let them marry his wife, and it seemed that their adults were not unintentional about General Zhao.

Not many people outside know that Sun Haide possesses martial arts skills, and his martial arts skills are just as high as those of the secret guards in the palace. This is one of the reasons why he was able to stay with the late emperor in the first place.

On the first night when he came to their adults' house, Butler Sun discovered that the young general entered their adults' yard that night and did not leave until early the next morning. Therefore, the relationship between General Zhao and their adults was... It's not hard to guess. He didn't expect that Li Liuyuan and General Zhao had such a relationship. Eunuch Sun really didn't notice it in the palace before.

Although he is in the palace, he knows something about the things outside. Sun Haide has heard some things about this little general Zhao. There are rumors that this man is a bad man. Otherwise, he has not married a wife yet and does not even have a concubine in his house. , this kind of person is doomed to be lonely all his life.

Why are you getting along with their adults?

Their adults were able to pass the exam at a young age. Judging from their faces, they were born with good luck, and their horoscopes must be excellent. Sun Haide thought about it in his mind, and he was able to analyze it clearly. No wonder they are getting along with General Zhao. They are not affected by General Zhao's fate at all.

When he first arrived at Liuyuan Mansion, Eunuch Sun discovered that Liuyuan Mansion was a place of crouching tigers, hidden dragons. The people who fed the horses in the courtyard, raised flowers and plants in the yard, and were responsible for sweeping the floors in the mansion, etc., all of these people were... Be a master. Sun Dehai probably guessed where these people in this mansion came from. It seemed that General Zhao really cared about them, so he placed so many experts in this Liuyuan Mansion.

The matters between the master and General Zhao are the master's private affairs. Eunuch Sun knows that he, a slave, cannot take care of the master's matters, and he has no intention of taking care of them.

Their parents and elders did not follow them to the capital, and Sun Dehai still knew some things about their hometown.

In addition to their adults, there is also a fourth young lady and young master in this house. The fourth young lady is not close to them. I heard that they are already engaged and will marry into someone else's family sooner or later. The young master and their elders are brothers from the same mother, and their elders treat this brother very seriously. Although the young master is not as smart as their elders, he is a rare person with a sincere heart. With their elders personally teaching him, even if he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a good official.

Brothers and sisters respect each other, and brothers are in harmony. These are human relations and family ties that cannot be seen in the heavenly family.

Now after arriving at Liuyuan Mansion, Sun Haide found that living in Liuyuan Mansion is no worse than living in the palace. On a cold day, the room is not cold at all. Although the food is not very expensive, the taste is very good. People's taste. The adults are not difficult to serve at all. Perhaps the things that the adults can do by themselves do not require service at all. There is only one boy around, not even a maid.

As the steward of this Liuyuan Mansion, he is responsible for talking and telling the people below to do everything. Eat well, sleep well, and have little work. The master does not need him as a slave to serve him. It is simply worse than in the palace. It felt much more comfortable. Sure enough, they had come to the right place when they came to Liuyuan Mansion.

Chapter 010

"Aha..." After listening to Butler Sun saying so much, he felt sleepy. Li Wen couldn't help but yawned, reached behind and pressed his lower back. It was really the same as last night. The man did it a little too much, which made his waist sore when he woke up in the morning. Now he feels like his waist is giving out after sitting for a long time.

Butler Sun noticed such a small move by their adults. He is an old man in the palace. Is there anything he hasn't seen before? Seeing such a small action from their adults, he understood what was going on.

Sun Haide came up to their master and lowered his voice and said, "Sir, you are still young, so you should take better care of your health. I know that there is an imperial doctor in the palace who is very good in... these aspects. He is not as good as the old slave. The master of the slave gang asked the imperial doctor to come over and take care of himself. "

In the past, he served at the side of the late emperor. The emperor had so many concubines. Today he will be favored by this one, and tomorrow he will be favored by that one. If he is not in good health, where will he be? Can you play music every night? Therefore, Butler Sun knew something about these matters, and there were imperial doctors in the palace who specialized in taking care of the emperor.

"..." Li Wen was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of Butler Sun's words. He glanced at Butler Sun in front of him, smiled and gritted his teeth and said, "Butler Sun... you are really versatile."

At the same time , He rolled his eyes in his mind, what kind of talents did he recruit?

Mr. Li: He looks like he has kidney failure. Does he need kidney replenishment?

Butler Sun: No matter your age, you have to replenish your health if you lose it. Master, this slave is doing this for the sake of the master. If you want to last forever, you should pay more attention to your health.

"Master, that's a reward. Being able to share and relieve the master's worries is what slaves should do." Butler Sun said rather modestly.

Li Wen knew from Zhao Xiangyi that the new housekeeper in his house was a martial arts master, and even Zhao Xiangyi was not completely sure that he could defeat him. But this matter is nothing to him. There is no danger here. Eunuch Sun comes to take care of his old age and helps him with the housekeeping every day. But it seems that he can still work part-time as a housekeeper.

The affairs between him and Zhao Xiangyi could be hidden from outsiders, but they could not be hidden from the housekeeper.

The master and the servant knew each other well about this matter, but no one said it outright. Butler Sun was more concerned about their master's health.

It's just that it would be inconvenient for him to invite an imperial physician in his current capacity. Knowing that their lord's face is so low, they would definitely not invite an imperial physician to him on his own. Sun Haide sent someone to reveal this matter to General Zhao, knowing that the general would definitely take this matter to heart and invite the imperial physician from the palace to come over for them.

Over there, Zhao Xiangyi received the news and replied, "Thank you Eunuch Sun for me."

The young man's joy was not good for his body and bones. In addition, he could not control himself when he met the young man. The next day, when the boy woke up, his complexion was not very good, and his energy was listless. It turned out that doing these things would cause some damage to the boy's body. If Eunuch Sun hadn't sent someone to remind him, he really wouldn't have thought of these things coming up. So when Eunuch Sun mentioned it, Zhao Xiangyi took it to heart and accepted Eunuch Sun's sentiments.

Butler Sun felt relieved after hearing General Zhao's reply.

When he entered the palace to see the emperor the next day, Zhao Xiangyi took a break on the way and went to the imperial hospital. He found the imperial doctor and left with a small box in his arms.

The two of them had a quarrel on the bed at night. Li Wen saw the man open a small box. Inside the box were strips of black stuff. He asked curiously, "What are these?"

"It's for you. " Zhao Xiangyi took the person over and pressed him on his thigh.

"..." Li asked, couldn't it be what he thought? ! Extremely frightened.

"I don't want it, Zhao Xiangyi, please let me go..." Before he could run away, he was caught. Li Wen was ready to bite Zhao Xiangyi to death. Zhao Xiangyi grabbed the person who was about to run with one hand and took out a small thing from the box with the other hand. "Be good and you will be fine soon."

"I don't want it!...Zhao Xiangyi, let me go. I'm not done with you."

Li Wen waved his limbs and wanted to run away, but General Zhao held him down with one hand and let him run however he wanted, but he still put the medicine into his body. As soon as the man let him go, he was so angry that he kicked the man on the chin and cursed with red eyes, "You bastard!"

He even said no!

Zhao Xiangyi was not angry. He grabbed the boy's foot and kissed it, "It smells good. Be good. This thing is good for your body

."

"..." Li Wen, it smells good to your sister! You shameless man, how dare you kiss my feet!

...No, that's not what he's talking about now. He wants to take out the things inside his body, but he always feels weird and uncomfortable. Zhao Xiangyi held down the boy who looked like his tail had been stepped on, grabbed him into his arms, and kissed the boy's forehead, "Good boy, go to sleep."

"...I don't feel well." Li Wen groaned, I don't know if it's a psychological effect or some other reason for moving around in a man's arms, but I'm just not used to it anyway.

Out of anger, she nibbled on the man's chin, leaving a shallow tooth mark that would disappear tomorrow.

"You're just not used to it. You'll be fine in two days." Zhao Xiangyi coaxed the young man. He would not be able to bear not to touch his sweetheart. It's just that if the two of them did too much, it would be bad for the boy's health. If Eunuch Sun hadn't sent someone to remind him, he would have really forgotten about the old doctor in the palace.

He wanted to be with the boy for a long time, and he wanted the boy to be by his side all the time. The two of them still had to pay

attention .

At night, the boy hummed for a long time before falling asleep. Zhao Xiangyi hugged the sleeping boy, and there was still a shallow tooth mark left on his chin. Thinking of the boy's shameful and angry look, he couldn't help but smile. , the little thing is still shy.

Placing a kiss on the boy's forehead, the man closed his eyes and fell asleep with the boy.

The snow fell quietly at night, and on the second day there was still a little drifting snow outside, and umbrellas were walking on the road.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he changed the daily morning court to once every three days. Officials in the court who had special matters could submit a document to the palace to see the emperor. Unless there were special circumstances, they would go to the morning court every three days.

Li Wen thought it was good to go to court every day. How could there be so many important national affairs to discuss? Instead of listening to the officials bickering and bickering every day, he might as well check a few more orders in the department during this time, or just take his subordinates to collect accounts with nothing to do.

The ten days off every month is still the same, but he really hopes to have five days off and two days off. Can he suggest this to the emperor?

Li Wen didn't know if other departments were busy at this time. Anyway, their Industrial and Commercial Department was very busy during the period until the end of the year. They needed to check the orders collected below, and they needed to collect some amounts. In order to prevent some businesses from evading taxes, they also take people down to conduct random inspections.

However, so far, no tax evasion has been discovered.

He comes to work at the government office every day, and there are many endless things waiting for him to deal with every day. It's just that today he felt something was wrong no matter how he sat, neither standing nor sitting, his whole body felt bad.

Du Ruoheng noticed that something was wrong with their master today, and asked with concern, "Sir, are you feeling uncomfortable?

"

"...No, no." Li Wen's face suddenly turned red, and he scolded a certain bastard in his heart. In order to cover up his embarrassment

, he picked up a list on the table and handed it to Du Ruoheng to handle, "Check this list, and if there are no problems, hand it to me .

"

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"Oh, okay, sir." Mr. Du took it Holding the order, he returned to his seat to check the order.

Originally, the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue was temporarily in charge of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now that the Prince ascended the throne and became the emperor, the position of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue was vacated. Mr. Qian Tongqian, the former left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Mr. Qian Tongqian was a confidant who had been promoted when he was still the new emperor or the prince.

Their Ministry of Industry and Commerce had a lot of dealings with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Li Wen had several

dealings .

Every time Shangshu Qian saw him, he smiled and was polite to him.

Li Wen felt that no matter who became the Minister of Household Affairs, as long as the two parties did not deliberately embarrass each other at work and got things done.

They are all people who work for the emperor and the court. He will not deliberately embarrass anyone. If you are polite to me, I will not be rude to you. But if someone dares to offend him, he will not show mercy.

However, the relationship between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Household Affairs has always been good, and there have been no conflicts between people on both sides

.

It wasn't until the 29th day of the new year that the emperor sealed the jade seal, and the government offices in each government were closed one after another, so that the officials below could take a break and go back to celebrate the new year.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce opened its doors on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, but the trade market in the West District was closed. They finished processing the last account before sealing the box and closing the door.

Li Wen made a reservation at Yipinlou, invited a group of subordinates to have dinner at Yipinlou, and gave everyone a big red envelope filled with banknotes. But the amount is not large, enough for ordinary people to live a good year.

Anyway, he applied for this money from the emperor, and the emperor approved it.

They have added so much money to the Ministry of Household Affairs. As long as they work well for the emperor and the court, the emperor will not lose anything to them. Compared with the amount of money they handed over to the Account Department, this red envelope was less than a fraction of the accounts they handed over.

"Everyone has worked hard for a year. Let's go back and have a good year. We will continue to work hard next year." He single-handedly led this group of people. Those who have stayed and have not been removed by him are all because he recognized that they can Those who are eligible to remain in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Li Wen usually treats his subordinates very well. Basically, he invites them all to have dinner together every month.

Li Wen had already said before everyone entered the Ministry of Industry and Commerce that as long as they did their jobs well, he would not treat anyone badly here. But if you dare to stretch your hands randomly and take things you shouldn't take, then don't blame him for being rude.

"Thank you, sir."

Everyone received the red envelope and laughed so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes.

Li Wen didn't stay until the end of today's meal. He showed up and asked someone to put the bill in his name, and he left early.

When he comes out of the building, there is a carriage waiting for him outside the restaurant...