In the small garden where Jingnan built the pacification envoy's back house, there was a cool breeze blowing in the bamboo pavilion, but it was not as hot as Changsha City in July Lake. Zhu Hang and his son-in-law Zhou Yan were sitting in the small pavilion playing chess.
Zhu Tong and his loyal hometown general Lu Wenhu stood aside and talked.
"It's a little more difficult over there in Tubo. I went there last time and came back all peeled off. But if Lu Jing wants to go to the next level, he has to grit his teeth and persevere in Gongga Mountain for a few more years," Zhu Tong said leisurely as he shook his head.
Holding a cattail leaf fan, he said, "Whoever has more merit, who can bear hardships and stand more hard work, Sikong Mansion has calculated its accounts clearly and will not treat anyone badly. Besides, opening up new territories and expanding territory is something that will enter the history of Qing Dynasty. I really
It would not be difficult to intercede in front of the envoy, transfer Lu Jing back to the mainland, serve as a commander in a certain state capital, or serve as the duke of Yu, or directly serve under Xu Xin'an, but would Lu Jing be willing to do so?
"
After the news of Princess Yingyun's wedding to Xu Huai came out, Zhu Tong was worried about his father's knotty mind. Just writing a letter to tell him might not make him change his face, so he took leave this time to come here with his wife and children.
Visited Tanzhou.
Now Zhu Zhi lives in Lizhou with his wife and children, while Zhu Tong makes his home in Xiangyang.
In addition to his old wife, Lu Wenhu and other family generals and servants, Zhu Hang came to Tanzhou to take up his post. At this time, the eldest daughter Zhu Duojin's family also lived in Tanzhou.
After the fall of Bianliang, Zhu Duojin's newly married husband Zhou Yan was originally the magistrate of Runzhou in East Zhejiang Province. When the escape from Beijing happened, he resigned because his father died of illness and returned home to observe filial piety. After Zhou Yan's filial piety period expired, he and
Zhu Duojin and his servants rushed to Tanzhou to join Zhu Hang.
Zhu Hang was the pacification envoy of Jingnan. Zhou Yan was a member of the imperial examination and served as county magistrate and magistrate. Zhu Hang recommended Zhou Yan or sent Zhou Yan to Xiangyang to participate in the selection of officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
It is not difficult to hold an official position for only half a year.
However, Zhu Hang had nothing to do with his two sons, but he was unwilling to bow to the Sikong Mansion. Therefore, Zhou Yan wandered around Tanzhou for two years without being granted any actual duties.
However, Lu Jing and other children of the Zhu family generals, after accompanying Zhu Zhi to Lizhou, either served as officials in Lizhou, or joined the army to cooperate with the Yanxi County in the campaign, and they all made good progress.
However, Tubo is a bitter and cold place after all, which makes parents and family worried.
Lu Wenhu's wife was Zhu Tong's wet nurse. When he saw Zhu Tong coming to Tanzhou to visit relatives, he couldn't help but plead for mercy and wanted to transfer his son Lu Jing back to the mainland to serve.
Zhu Tong couldn't reason with Lu Jing's mother, so he could only nag a few words to Lu Wenhu.
Lu Wenhu smiled and said, "Lv Jing has already married and established a career. He has his own opinions on everything. How can I, an old guy, get to nag me?"
"The wedding day is set for the winter solstice, but who is doing all the planning at this time? Furthermore, if Yingyun goes to Biyang after the wedding, what will King Qi do? Will he also go to Biyang?"
Zhu Duojin asked curiously.
"My uncle's house is taking care of the big wedding here in Xiangyang," Zhu Tong said. "Biyang is urgently building a special mansion for the King of Qi. Although it is not big, it can accommodate some people temporarily and is convenient for traveling.
Yun will take care of you, and it won’t be too late to return to Xiangyang when King Qi comes of age!”
"What knowledge can that little widow have?" Zhu Duojin always disliked the fact that when her uncle Zhao Yi, the king of Wuwei County, left Tongbai Mountain, he brought out his temporary wife to accept the title of princess. He couldn't help but roll his eyes at this time.
Impulsively, he muttered, "If we really leave such a big thing to her, we might make some unseemly joke!"
"Yes, my aunt is also feeling dissatisfied in her heart. She is afraid that she has not thought carefully about everything and wants to shirk her and refuses to take over. But she doesn't want to find anyone in Bianliang City who can be trusted and understands such rules except her.
Are you a Yi person?" Zhu Tong said, "You and mother understand, but you are both in Tanzhou and are beyond our reach!"
"My mother and I can go back to Xiangyang and stay for a while..." Zhu Duojin glanced at his father Zhu Hang's face and murmured in a low voice.
"It's been many years since I left Xiangyang. I only stayed here for two months when the capital was moved. Three or four years have passed in a flash, and it's time to go back and take a look." Rongle County agreed with a hint of intention.
"I'm just afraid that daddy can't live without mommy to take care of him..." Zhu Duojin said.
"What does this old guy need from me to take care of? I think he is eager for me to go to Xiangyang so that he can go out and have fun!" Princess Ronngle said angrily.
"..." Zhu Hang didn't want to listen to his old wife. The eldest daughter stood in the pavilion and sang along to cheer him up. He threw the chess pieces on the chessboard and walked out of the pavilion without looking back, heading towards the side courtyard.
"Look, your father's temper has been getting worse day by day since he arrived in Tanzhou. He will show his face to us if something doesn't go his way, but he's becoming more and more like a feudal official; it seems that he has been doing it all our lives.
It's like I owe him." Princess Rongle said angrily.
Zhu Tong smiled and followed his father Zhu Hang towards the side courtyard.
Seeing Zhu Tong chasing after him, Zhu Hang said, "Your mother, your sister is willing to go to Xiangyang to raise money. You just lead them there. Can I tie them up in Tanzhou?"
"My father's ambition is to bring peace to the world. At this time, the prosperous age is about to begin. Why is my father so depressed?" Zhu Tong asked.
"Is it really possible to usher in a prosperous age so easily?"
Zhu Hang sighed slightly with some doubts, patted the verandah fence, motioned Zhu Tong to sit down and talk to him, and asked,
"It has been more than two years since we recovered Heluo and Zheng Bian. When will the Sikong Mansion plan to recover Qilu, and when will we invade Guan, Shaanxi, and Hedong to save the people who are hanging on the ground? How will King Qi deal with it after he grows up? In addition,
, the New Deal was rolled out in Jinghuang, Hehuai and other places, but these places were all disabled, and tens of thousands of old soldiers in Jingxiang and Huaihe were retired and returned to their places in recent years. However, it is not easy for the New Deal to be implemented in Jinghu, Jianghuai, etc.
But the world will eventually be at peace, and when Wu Yan and Wenxiu come together, how will the Sikong Mansion rule the world?"
"These are top-secret information from the Sikong Mansion. Do you really want to hear it? Dad, have you thought clearly. If you get into this net, there will be no chance of escape?" Zhu Tong joked.
Zhu Hang was not in the mood to fight with Zhu Tong. The situation was already like this. He was more concerned about whether the situation could transition more smoothly in the future without any turmoil.
Zhu Tong said
"The Sikong Mansion has not relaxed its preparations for the Northern Expedition, but the expansion of the Selection Front Army and the reorganization of the Longwu Army will take time, so it has been paused for two or three years. However, the conditions are basically mature at this time, and maybe it will be done after autumn.
You don’t have to wait until the wedding to start..."
"...and when the King of Qi grows up, he should be able to follow the example of Xiyan County - Xu Huaizhi will not only recover Hedong, Guanshan, Hebei and other places, then return his troops to the treasury and release his horses to return to the mountains. Those who have already entered Sikong Mansion
Within the field of vision, in addition to the eastern Tubo areas such as Semogan and Muyaraggang and the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yunyan, there are also places such as Hexi, Hehuang, Monan, Liaodong and Dali. This is why Sikong Prefecture has actively expanded its cavalry in recent years.
The key. Further away, there are Korea, Fusang, Annan, Bagan and other states in the Western Regions, which will not be ignored in the future. However, these areas are remote and difficult to tame. Even if they are barely conquered, it will be difficult to directly tame the economic system. It still needs
By ruling the country as a hereditary vassal, there will be no need to worry about not having a place for the King of Qi. As for the difficulty of continuing the New Deal, the princes of Sikong Mansion also have doubts, but Xu Huai said that manpower is sometimes exhausted, and material resources are sometimes poor. This is not eternal.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, ten dendrobiums per acre was considered fertile land. However, nowadays, in northern Jingbei where rice and wheat are continuously cropped, an annual harvest of more than 400 jins is considered fertile land. Paddy fields with an annual harvest of more than 500 jins are not an isolated case. This is not an isolated case.
As for the development of material resources, the growth of cultivation has been slow for thousands of years, so I don’t feel it deeply. However, in this era of great strife, the development of material resources is also increasing day by day. In the Tianxuan year, Cizhou Capital Conscript Academy recruited three servants
There are more than 10,000 people who can smelt two million kilograms of iron material every year, which is considered the best in the world. Today, the Yunyang Iron Works only recruits more than 30,000 people for mining and smelting iron, but the annual iron material smelting material is 15 million.
Jin, more than 70 times that of Cizhou Capital Construction Institute, how prosperous is it? However, this is not an isolated case in Sikong Prefecture, and for example, Biyang Industrial Construction Institute now recruits more than 30,000 workers, and spinning and weaving can be used as three
One hundred thousand family members can only be imagined by outsiders? However, Xu Huai said that all this is just the beginning of the rapid development of material resources. The reason why Sikong Mansion wants to lift the patriarchal governance of the countryside is also to unshackle the development of material resources. However, Jianghuai
In Jinghu and other places, this will be a step-by-step process, and Sikong Mansion will not seek to achieve it overnight. Although in Xu Huai's eyes, this is just the beginning, it is enough to sweep the world..."
Although after the escape from Beijing incident, Zhu Hang served as the pacifier of Jinghu South Road, he now does not have access to several core data that represent the true strength of the Sikong Mansion.
Since ancient times, wars have been about money and food.
The Sikong Mansion has completely gotten rid of the shackles of money and food, and has countless elite soldiers and generals under its command. The previous great victories have already proved Tianxiong. Jingsheng's armies can suppress a considerable size of red cavalry even in field battles, and then recover
What suspense is there about the wars in Guanshan, Hedong, Hebei and other places?
"If you stay in Tanzhou for two more days, take your mother and sister to Xiangyang!" Zhu Hang waved his hand and said.
"My brother-in-law has been idle in Tanzhou for more than two years, and it is the time for Sikong Mansion to hire people," Zhu Tong said. "The minister has always appreciated my brother-in-law's talents..."
Zhu Tong did not expect that his father would go to Xu Huai in person and bow his head to admit his mistake. This was unrealistic, but apart from his mother and sister, he went to Xiangyang to help arrange the wedding arrangements for Zhang Luo. He came to Tanzhou this time and wanted to recommend him.
His brother-in-law joined the Sikong Mansion to serve.
"Go and talk to Zhou Yan. If he is willing, there is no harm in going to work in Sikong Mansion." Zhu Hang said.
Zhu Tong waited for his father's words and turned back to the small garden to find Zhou Yan and his sister Zhu Duojin to discuss going to Xiangyang.
This time he came to Tanzhou to persuade his father to let go of his stubborn obsession. Changing his attitude was secondary. Liu Xian, who had served as the magistrate of Wuzhou and returned to his hometown as an official, finally agreed to return to his hometown with his children and rushed to Xiangyang to serve as the king of Qi.
Although Hu Kai had no intention of returning to Xiangyang, he sent his eldest son Hu Jinhong to Xiangyang. In addition to attending the wedding, he would also participate in the selection of officials for the Ministry of Personnel.
In addition, in addition to Gu Jiqian's youngest son Gu Qi, more than a hundred middle and senior generals of the Dongchuan Army also entered Biyang High Military Command School in April. Gu Jiqian also requested the Sikong Mansion to take over the Jinchuan Duzuo Institute and be responsible for the Dongchuan Army.
Preparation and supply of armor and weapons...
In fact, in the short term, the wedding cleared the most important obstacle for the next Northern Expedition to regain the Central Plains; Zhu Tong and his father, Hu Kai, Liu Xian and Gu Jiqian completely merged with the Sikong Mansion, plus Han Shiliang's previous reform of the banner
Yi Zhi is no longer afraid of Ge Boyi. Gao Junyang is in western Zhejiang. What kind of trouble can Western Qin stir up?
