The scenery of the north is frozen thousands of miles away.

For some reason, the winter of the fourth year of Hongwu seemed particularly cold. The heavy snow fell intermittently for many days, and even the Yellow River suddenly lost its surging surging, and the ice became thicker and thicker.

Due to the dispersed forces, the Tang army could only carefully guard the Yellow River defense line for thousands of miles and beware of the Yuan army cavalry taking the opportunity to cross the river south.

You should know that the Yuan army's military strength in Hebei at this time was still very strong.

The Tang Dynasty Military Advisors Office and the Ministry of War issued an order to prevent the defenders from taking it lightly, so as to avoid being careless and losing Jingzhou.

It can be said that when the Yellow River freezes, both Tang and Yuan were very nervous, and they were afraid of hitting the wolf.

...

Luoyang, Huangcheng East Street, petition office.

It was already dark, but the so-called petition office was still lighted. The door was always on guard.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty now know that the busiest and hardest yamen are the petition department.

Although the petition department manages the copper gui in all counties in the world, the Tang Dynasty is now in a clear and clear manner in the officialdom, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the state affairs are booming, and everything is in order. Are there really so many letters of complaints everywhere?

Obviously, no.

If so many copper gui reports were sent to Dongdu, why are there no major cases reported? Why are there fewer officials reported to be dismissed? Why are there no movement in the Censorate and Dali Temple?

However, since there are not so many letters of reporting, why is the petition department so busy?

Most officials are not very clear about this. In fact, the petition department is usually very low-key and they are too lazy to pay attention to it.

Only a very small number of emperor trusted officials knew the true background of the petition department.

The so-called petition department is the spy yamen under the control of His Majesty and the Queen, and the eyes and ears of His Majesty and the Queen. I am afraid that the important matters in the world can rarely be hidden from the two saints in the palace.

Most of these officials who know the details of the petition department were the old man Yuan Cong of the year. They knew it in their minds and did not dare to promote the secrets about the petition department.

Whether you know or not, the officials are clear: the petition department is definitely not easy to mess with.

Be sure to stay away from it.

At this time, a fast horse ran to the gate of the petition department in the dark, and then a knight jumped off the horse's back, took out a waist sign, and hurriedly entered after inspection.

The guards at the yamen immediately knew that something must have happened.

The spy was so hurrying that he almost tripped when entering the inner hall.

The major spies from the General Affairs Office who were analyzing information from various places in the inner hall soon received the heavy intelligence sent by emergency.

"This is actually happening!" Li Zhi blurted out, circulating the information to Li Cho and others.

Everyone showed a look of surprise.

"Hurry and analyze whether the Yuanting plan is possible and whether the information is reliable." Li Zhi said quickly.

According to the business regulations of the General Affairs Office of the Special Advisory Bureau, once important information is collected, it must be analyzed and processed first, and the level must be determined according to the importance, and then the emperor or queen will be reported to him.

Instead of handing over the original information that has not been analyzed and processed directly to the imperial front.

This is a major special intelligence!

Li Cho said: "Kublai is becoming more and more suspicious, his actions are becoming more and more secret, and important information is becoming more and more difficult to obtain. Whether this information is true or false is not certain."

"It should be true." Fang Zhi said the ruthless Fang Zhi, and he clicked the table. "If I were Kublai Khan, as long as I could think of this, I would definitely do it."

"Let's analyze whether it is feasible first. The Yellow River has more than one month of freezing period every year. The Chinese New Year is coming soon in the twelfth lunar month, but the ice layer is the thickest, at least one Tang foot or more, and even a horse can pass through it, let alone people."

"Secondly, the most densely populated prefectures and counties in Hedong, Hebei are on the edge of the Yellow River, because the land is fertile and easy to irrigate. From Hedong to Qilu, there are dozens of prefectures and counties along the Yellow River, and more than one million people can do it within a few days if they cross the river and head south under the Yuan army."

"I think it takes only three or four days to make a sound of intimidation, to sending troops to drive away, and then to the people along the coast who are forced to cross the river, it is only three or four days at most, and it is completely time!"

After hearing Fang Zhi's words, Li Zhi also felt that Kublai Khan's plan was completely feasible, but he was just unwilling to admit it.

"It's indeed feasible!" Li Cho also nodded and said with a serious expression, "Don't analyze it anymore. This was already a few days ago. The local officials of the Yuan court may have started to move now. They must go to the palace to report immediately!"

The few people did not dare to delay any further and immediately went to the palace to report.

...

In Ziwei Palace, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning were talking about the past, having a happy time.

The hall was burning with Wangwang's stove, which was as warm as spring, without any chill. But Cui Xiuning was still holding a small hand stove with copper-tied wooden shell.

The woman holds the hand stove, the man holds the woman.

The sound of wind and snow outside was whistling faintly, and the two of them felt peaceful, feeling that although the weather was cold at this time, at least they could enjoy the quiet beauty of the years.

The woman put down the hand stove, found two keys, opened a sealed box, and turned out a stack of envelopes.

"You see, they are all diaries I have written over the years."

"You haven't written a letter for a while." Li Luo looked through Cui Xiuning's diary with interest, and found it very interesting. Looking at her early diary, she was really a little childish.

The diary at that time was nothing more than complaining about having no food, no money to spend, no paper, and no security.

"You finally don't miss your parents as much as you used to." Li Luo touched the woman's soft hair, "I have cried a lot before."

"Just get used to it. Anyway, they don't have me and I won't have support. I can only comfort myself like this, otherwise what can I do?" Cui Xiuning said, warming Li Luo's feet with a hand stove, "You can't catch a cold, otherwise you will get sick easily."

The woman said, then yawned, "What time is it? I want to go to bed."

Li Luo took out this unique modern watch in the world, "Sleep at half past eight, can you still get tired of it in the bed. Well, that..."

Cui Xiuning's face turned a little red when she heard it. For some reason, the two of them had been married for so many years, but they never felt like they had been itchy for seven years, and they were always not tired enough.

If something, or a person, is destined to be unique and irreplaceable in the world, then there will never be a time to get bored, right?

The two of them were dressed casually, even their hair was untied and they were dispersed. Li Luo was about to sleep with Cui Xiuning when the bell in the hall suddenly rang.

This is a night bell. If there is an emergency, the palace servants outside the suite must pull the bell line and ring the bell in the inner room of the emperor's bedroom.

Li Luo got up with a whisper and quickly put on his clothes. Cui Xiuning also skillfully gave Li Luo's hair, put on his clothes, and tied a bun casually.

"Come in." Li Luo's voice sounded.

The female official from outside asked Yan Chan'er to come in and report: "Your Majesty, Empress, Li Zhi has urgent news and will report it overnight."

"Biography!" Li Luo said solemnly in his heart.

"promise!"

Soon, Li Zhi, who was summoned, entered the bedroom under the gaze of the guards outside the hall. The guards immediately knew that the news tonight must be extraordinary, otherwise Li Zhi would not have entered the palace in the snow at night and made a quick report.

"Your Majesty, Teacher." Li Zhi came in with snowflakes, covered in cold air.

"Grill at the stove quickly." Choi Xiuning pointed to the huge stove.

Li Zhi didn't care about the fire at all, so she bowed and thanked her, and quickly reported the matter.

"Kublai secretly sent a group of trusted guards, Qiexue, to go south to send an order to the government on the north bank of the Yellow River, asking them to withdraw the officers and soldiers of river defense centers in various places, lift the river bank blockade, and then release the news, saying that they would force the people to go to the Western Regions, and finally use their troops to drive them south..."

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning's eyes twitched when they heard this.

Too cruel.

No moral integrity at all.

Kublai Khan actually took advantage of the ice of the Yellow River to intimidate the people of Hebei and drive them south!

There are dozens of near-shore prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Yellow River, with at least one million people. They can swarm south in just a few days. Next, millions of people will migrate south under the pressure of the Yuan army. What would that happen?

Before, the Yuan court strictly blocked the river bank and prevented the people from escaping. It was just Kublai Khan's trick, a smoke bomb that confused the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, Kublai Khan's real purpose was to wait until the snow season in the north was frozen, and he suddenly drove away a large number of people to cross Henan.

Create an unprecedented wave of refugees!

Kublai Khan did not do anything to massacre the people of Heshuo, but the method he used could cause great trouble to the Tang court.

Conspiracy!

It is estimated that at least four or five million Han people will travel south within a month, with disappointment and resentment towards the Yuan court and longing for the Tang Dynasty, and taking advantage of the ice to cross the Yellow River.

The Tang army absolutely cannot stop the people of Heshuo from deviating from the north and south on a large scale. Can they still use firearms, swords and guns to deal with the people of Heshuo who crossed the river?

Does that mean that the Tang Dynasty abandoned the people of Heshuo? They wanted to put them under the brutal rule of the Mongol Yuan and let them die? If they had the opportunity to escape from the North, the Tang Dynasty actually refused to escape from the North?

Those are millions of Han people, how can they ignore it?

There is no way to ignore it.

Even if we stop it, how can we stop it with such a long Yellow River and so many refugees? Use cannons to bomb the ice surface? Less than half a day after the bombing is opened, the river surface will freeze again. How many gunpowder cannons can the Tang Dynasty have?

But if you accept it, then there will be millions of refugees at once.

Millions of mouths have to eat, but it is still in the snow and ice. They have to keep warm and keep the cold!

Food, clothing, houses, firewood...haha, that's an astronomical figure.

How much material can Tang Ting allocate to provide relief to millions of people now?

In modern countries in later generations, it is very difficult to provide relief to millions of refugees.

At present, the Tang army has only been months since the Tang army recovered Henan, and the people's livelihood has not yet recovered. The people of Henan have not completely breathed. Where can they have the spare time to support millions of refugees?

Then you can only allocate a large amount of supplies from the south of the Yangtze River. This is so icy and snowy... I feel numb when I think about it!
To be continued...