Chapter 481 A Centenary Plan

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 481 A Centenary Plan

"Gentleman, come back!"

Zhang Xu stood on the city wall and looked at the motorcade going away, trying not to let the tears in his eyes flow out.

After Zhang Yue talked with him yesterday, Zhang Xu already understood the good intentions of his father (father).

It's just that Zhang Xu is still a thirteen-year-old boy after all. Although he understands his father's approach, he still cannot completely hide his feelings.

"Let's go!"

It wasn't until the convoy was no longer visible that Zhang Xu adjusted his emotions and descended from the city wall with the two followers his father had left for him.

According to Zhang Yue's request, Zhang Xu will live in Loulan as an ordinary person in the next two years.

Then he spent another year traveling around various countries, and could return to Luntai after three years.

…

"Is the prince too harsh on the gentleman?"

On the way west, Du Ling went to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue sighed and said: "Parents who love their children have far-reaching plans... Jade cannot be made into a useful tool if it is not polished!"

"The son of a certain family will be at least a hundred lihou the next day. If he is ignorant of worldly affairs, he may not be suspicious of his father-in-law!"

Du Ling was silent for a while and then sighed: "How pitiful the hearts of parents in the world are!"

Zhang Yue laughed at this time, "Compared with the lives of ordinary people, Zhang Xu can't even be considered as suffering!"

Du Ling was shocked when he heard this: "Did the Lord prepare other means..."

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles... In two years, this boy will be old and he will travel to various countries..."

Du Ling supported this. He agreed: "What the prince said is true. Only when you have traveled around the world can you truly understand the world!"

As Du Ling spoke, he couldn't help but think of the first half of his life.

Before traveling to the Western Regions, although he was already famous all over the world, it was just a matter of people praising each other. In fact, he was just a frog in the well.

It was my travels in the Western Regions many years ago that gave me a new understanding of the world.

Zhang Yue was also happy to receive Du Ling's support: "It's not just this boy, but several other boys as well..."

"A certain person has already made a plan. The future education of such a person's descendants should be like this. Before a certain person dies, he should establish it as the ancestral precepts..."

Du Ling said with emotion: "If this is true, why worry about the Zhang family not being prosperous... The Zhang family will definitely be a thousand-year-old family..."

Zhang Yue sighed when he heard this: "This is just someone's wish. Only God knows how many generations it can last..."

Du Ling was silent for a while, and finally nodded in understanding.

Zhang Yue turned his gaze to the mountains in the distance and sighed.

"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, let them go... When the day comes when the Zhang family should die, if they die, they will die..."

Zhang Yue's words suddenly reminded Du Ling of the Liu family.

"If the day comes when the Liu family cannot protect the great man, should he also die?"

As he thought about it, Du Ling suddenly entered a state of forgetfulness.

Zhang Yue saw this and stopped talking, and asked the charioteer to slow down his progress.

…

When Du Ling and his entourage arrived in Luntai, the meeting of Chang'an officials on the military reform proposed by Liu Yi finally came to an end.

After Prime Minister Yang Chang compiled the records of the meeting, he first handed them to Huo Guang.

Huo Guang did not read the meeting or ask about the conclusion of the meeting, but asked Yang Chang to submit the records directly to the emperor.

Yang Chang did not ask the reason, but immediately followed suit.

After bidding farewell to Huo Guang, he immediately led his people out of Chang'an City and headed to Ganquan Palace.

During these days, the emperor's health had not been very good, so he was not in Weiyang Palace, but went to Ganquan Palace where the environment was more suitable for recuperation.

"Your Majesty, this is the record of the meeting on the reform of the military system. Your Majesty, please take a look at it!"

Although Yang Chang was the prime minister, he still paid homage to the emperor.

"Prime Minister, you have worked hard. Has the General seen it?"

The emperor's words seemed casual, but his eyes betrayed his true thoughts.

Although Yang Chang is timid and fearful, he is not a fool.

He bowed again and said: "The general said that this is your majesty's right. Your majesty should first observe it..."

Although the emperor knew that these words were just to coax him, he still smiled.

He asked Xiao Huangmen, who was accompanying him, to take the memorial from Yang Chang's hand.

After receiving the memorial, the emperor first said to Yang Chang: "Prime Minister, please sit down quietly!"

Then I opened the document and browsed it carefully.

Although this document had been sorted out by Yang Chang, there was still a lot of text, and it took the emperor a full hour to read it.

"The opinion of the ministers is to carry out restructuring in the Western Regions and the Northern Army at the same time?"

After the emperor closed the document, he frowned slightly.

In his heart, the emperor still had some resistance to the military reform in the Northern Army.

Deep down in his heart, he believed that reforming the Northern Army would give Huo Guang greater control over the Northern Army.

"Your Majesty, the ministers believe that this matter was proposed by the Western Regions, and the Western Regions should take the lead in reforming... However, the mainland and the Western Regions are different after all, so we should choose an army in the mainland to carry out reforms to see the results!"

The emperor said: "This statement is quite reasonable, but why did you choose the Northern Army? The Northern Army is the cornerstone of the world, how can you move it lightly!"

Yang Chang said: "The current field armies in the interior are nothing more than the northern armies in Hexi, Shuofang, Liaodong and Chang'an."

"Hexi and Shuofang need to be on guard against the Huns; Liaodong has just experienced a war and is located in a remote location, so it is not a good choice, so only the Northern Army is feasible."

The emperor pondered for a moment and said: "What the Prime Minister said makes sense. If this is the case, then let's implement it!"

After speaking, he said to Xiao Huangmen next to him: "Bring me my royal seal!"

At the same time, Yang Chang was ordered to draft an imperial edict.

After Yang Chang drafted the edict, he revised it three times before copying it and submitting it to the emperor.

The emperor carefully read the edict drafted by Yang Chang, praised Yang Chang, and then stamped his seal on the edict.

"Prime Minister, take it down!"

After the emperor said this, his heart felt empty.

He couldn't help but think of the majestic image of the former emperor's words and deeds.

Yang Chang took the imperial edict and stood up to worship him: "I sincerely obey this imperial edict. May your Majesty live forever!"

The agitated emperor just waved his hand.

Yang Chang was not impressed, and immediately bowed again: "Your Majesty, take care, I will retire!"

Yang Chang collected the edict and left Ganquan Palace immediately, and then went to the General's Mansion.

Although the imperial seal was stamped on the edict, it was still illegal at this time.

During the time of the previous emperor, it was only necessary to affix the seal of the prime minister, but now the general Huo Guang is assisting the government, so it is also necessary to affix the seal of the general.

Huo Guang had long expected that Yang Chang would come. After Yang Chang presented the edict, Huo Guang read it carefully and then stamped it with the seal of the general.

Later, Yang Chang also stamped the prime minister's seal on the edict.

Four days later, at the imperial meeting, Huo Guang officially announced the edict on military reform on behalf of the emperor!

…

After arriving in Luntai, Zhang Yue arranged for everyone to rest for half a month before holding a meeting at the Luntai Official School.

Different from the past, this time Zhang Yue convened this meeting not on political economy or military affairs, but on religious beliefs.

After long thought, Zhang Yue believed that religious issues were an unavoidable problem in the Western Regions.

In the past, the Western Regions also took some measures in the actual governance process.

For example, the Kingdom of Qiuchi, where the whole country originally believed in Samana, has undergone tremendous changes.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yue has deliberately avoided the issue of religion for a long time.

However, during the southern expedition, Zhang Yue discovered that with the development and expansion of the Han Dynasty, religious issues could no longer be avoided.

If the strong men do not occupy the position of religious belief, they will be occupied by the barbarians.

Now some soldiers and even officers in the southern army have been bewitched by the Hu religion...
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