"Father is so excited today, it seems like the whole palace is filled with joy!"
Yingyun walked into the imperial garden that was renovated from the small amusement park of Jinglue Fufu. She saw that her father, who had rarely summoned the ministers to discuss matters this afternoon, was nearby. Qiao Jien, the provincial supervisor, Zuo Xuanwu, the imperial camp secretary, Yuhou Lingjian, the military commander, and others were nearby.
I leisurely admired the koi carp swimming leisurely under the warm spring sun. I came over and leaned over to give a blessing.
"..." Zhao Tuan looked at Yingyun walking over with a smile and said, "I have been sitting in the palace for the past few days to handle government affairs. I don't feel that spring is about to pass. It's rare that I have some free time in the afternoon. Look at this koi! How many times did I leave before becoming a father?
When I came to this garden, I didn’t even notice these koi carp in this pond. Could it be that my eyesight is so bad!”
"These koi were caught and raised after my daughter was a child, but they were all timid owners. If anyone moved around in the garden, they would hide in the caves under the rockery. How could my father see them?"
It was my father's good mood today that infected them, and they all swam out for his father to admire." Yingyun came over, grabbed some fish food from the hands of the palace attendants, and threw it into the pool little by little, amused.
The koi carp danced happily in the water, making ripples.
"..." Zhao Tuan laughed loudly and talked about the reason why he was in such a good mood today.
There is not a day for sleeping, eating, and settling down. It is rare to hear good news today. The rebel general Yue Hailou did not get any advantage in Chushan, and finally abandoned his armor and withdrew. It is rare for my father to breathe a sigh of relief."
"Oh, they say that Marquis Jingsheng is brave and good at fighting. He has really lived up to the trust my father placed in him!" Yingyun opened her lips slightly, tilted her head and asked, "Has your father thought about how to reward Marquis Jingsheng?"
Zhao Tuan said with emotion: "My father just had a discussion with the princes, which was to discuss the reward for Jingshenghou and the generals of Chushan. Nowadays, people are in ruins, everything is in ruins, Xiangyang is also in short supply, and the rewards that can be given away are really limited. Dong Dong
There is no such thing as richness in the west, and worrying for my father is not enough to compensate for the sacrifices made by the Chushan generals in the bloody battle on the Huaihe River!"
"Jingsheng Marquis is a man who is sincere for the country and the people. The amount of rewards from his father is secondary. He can definitely feel his sincerity and favor," Yingyun said. "However, if the imperial edict was written by my father himself,
, Marquis Jingsheng might be able to feel it twice as much!"
"Yes, yes," Zhao Tuan said, "You are still clever. This imperial edict should be written by my father."
Zhao Tuan said to Qiao Jien: "Send someone to tell Qian Shangduan that I will write Chushan's imperial edict and save him a trouble!"
Qian Shangduan was not as senior as Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others, so he did not directly join the ranks of prime ministers. However, as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he knew how to make imperial edicts, and also headed the House of Renyuan. He was responsible for drafting imperial edicts. He also received great attention.
trust.
"The same goes for Princess Yingyun. Your Majesty rarely leaves the study to relax. With these words, aren't you going to drive Your Majesty into the study again?" Qiao Jien said with a pretended reproachful smile.
"I personally mixed Poria Jade Zhi Ointment to reward my father. Even if my father works harder, he will definitely not blame Yingyun!" Yingyun stuck out her tongue and said with a sweet smile.
"It just so happens that you are free, help me think about how to write this imperial edict!" Zhao Tuan said.
"How did Marquis Jingsheng win this battle and make the rebels abandon their armor and flee?"
Yingyun doesn't even know that he is gone, so there is no way to help your father to share your worries!" Yingyun grabbed the sleeves of Emperor Jianji's robe and said, "Why don't you, father, tell Yingyun first, who is Marquis Jingsheng?
How can someone be so brave and good at fighting, okay?"
"I understand, you came here specifically to listen to stories!" Zhao Tuan said with a smile.
"Yingyun was just curious when he saw that my father was in such a rare good mood!" Yingyun said coquettishly.
"Jingsheng Hou rescued Princess Yingyun from the capital and escorted him to Gong County. How could he be so brave and good at fighting? How could Princess Yingyun not know about it?" Qiao Jien said with a smile on the side, feeling shy when he saw Princess Yingyun's face.
It is inevitable for a girl to become pregnant eventually.
Qiao Jien glanced at Emperor Jianji again, and saw that Emperor Jianji was thinking far away. He seemed not to notice Princess Yingyun's expression, or maybe he had other thoughts.
Qiao Jien kept some words deep in his heart and refused to comment on them.
"Xu Huai is indeed a genius in military affairs. Before becoming a father, I was worried that he would use clever tricks and lose his stability. But seeing him guarding Chushan this time, I am really relieved!" Zhao Tuan withdrew his misty thoughts and said to Yingyun,
"It's rare for a father to take a leave of absence, so I'll talk to you about it!"
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Zhao Yi, the king of Wuwei County, has a high status and is currently in charge of the Zongzheng Mansion in Xiangyang, but he has little power. After all, after searching Xiangyang City, there are really no clan and royal affairs that require him to be responsible for.
Therefore, at this juncture, he became the best candidate to go to Chushan to declare the decree.
Who told him to be idle?
When Princess Zhao Yi of Wuwei arrived at Zhouqiao, Xu Huaiyi, Shi Zhen, Wang Ju, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wujiang, Su Laochang and others rushed to the north bank to greet him.
Standing in front of the floating bridge, looking at the built Chushan City on the north bank, Zhao Yi, the king of Wuwei County, opened his mouth and said after a while: "It has only been a long time since I left Chushan last time, and you are under the pressure of the powerful enemy.
Is the city built?"
"Chu Shan has no other abilities but quick hands!" Xu Huai said jokingly.
"Chu Shan, in his memorial to Your Majesty, said that Yue Hai Tower's tens of thousands of troops were eventually scared away by the Huangyang Lake you surrounded between Iron Curtain Mountain, Shimen, and Qingyi Ridge. It was hard for me to imagine at first.
Is it that the lake you built in a hurry is too big, or that Yue Hailou is too timid," Zhao Yi, Prince of Wuwei County, said with emotion, "I really want to see how big the lake you built in a hurry is really big..."
"Your Majesty came at the right time. The sluice gate has been completed. The plan is to open the gate and release the water tomorrow. Today, your Majesty will go to the North Bank City to have a good rest. Tomorrow, your Majesty will be invited to visit Huangyang Lake!" Xu Huai said.
At this time, the puppet Chu army not only withdrew from both sides of the Mingxi River, but also withdrew its main force to the left bank of Ru River, leaving only a few troops and horses in Zhenyang, Queshan, Xincai, Shangcai and other cities on the right bank.
Zhao Yi, the king of Wuwei County, could not come this time, so Xu Huaidu planned to send troops to drive away the enemy forces in Zhenyang, Queshan, and Xincai cities.
Most of the entire right bank of Ru River has become ruined land. There is no big difference whether these ruined cities are recovered one day earlier or one day later.
That night, he went to the Prince of Wuwei, Zhao Yi, to receive the news. Early the next morning, Xu Huai personally led a team of guards and accompanied the Prince of Wuwei to Huangyangzhai to visit the water-releasing ceremony.
Huangyang Lake has existed for a long time, which is enough to threaten the enemy from advancing lightly to the gates of Chushan City.
After spring, large areas of spring wheat and other crops have been sown between the right bank of the Mingxi River and Shimen Ridge. Mingxi River also needs to resume irrigation as soon as possible.
The function of luck.
The sluice connecting Huangyang Lake to the Mingxi River is the most important project in the entire dam.
Taking into account the impact of water waves, the location of the sluice was also very clever. Four boulders very close to each other were used as the foundation of the sluice and dam.
Between the four boulders, after removing the floating soil, all the long stones weighing a thousand kilograms were used to pave the gate channel with ash. In addition to the long stone rings embedded in the spindle-shaped gate dam, holes were drilled in the middle to pour molten iron to solidify.
, hugging the boulder.
In this way, by opening the gate, the water from Huangyang Lake can flow into the original channel of Mingxi River through the new channel.
A stone bridge was laid over the three-hole sluice, so that the entire weir embankment will be part of a new post road connecting Qingyi Ridge to the north and heading south to Chushan City via Shimen Ridge.
Use a winch to pull up the water baffles embedded between the slots of the gate and dam one by one. The clear lake water surges into the new canal, churning out white waves; look at the weir that is more than 13 or 4 miles long and the vast yellow sheep in front.
Lake, Zhao Yi really can't imagine that everything here and Chushan City were built when the enemy came to the city.
"I heard you said that you wanted to encircle another lake to the north of Qingyi Ridge. If you do this, the enemy will really not dare to attack Chushan City!" Zhao Yi said.
"There is no encirclement over there." Xu Huai said.
"Why not surround us?" Zhao Yi asked doubtfully.
Xu Huai cannot say that he was able to build Chushan City and Huangyang Lake when the enemy was approaching the city. It was purely because the Xuanwei Army was defeated and he was asked to transport millions of stones of supplies back from Huaichuan, Huangchuan and other places.
These materials have been exhausted, and Chushan cannot squeeze out four to five million guan of money and food in a short period of time, so they can build a lake with a cofferdam on the upper reaches of the Qingyi River.
Xu Huai smiled lightly and said: "You have to leave a hard bone outside for Yue Hailou to chew on!"
Zhao Yi laughed loudly and said: "That's right! With you guarding Huaishang, we really don't have to worry about anything in Xiangyang!"
Zhao Yi would not forget Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others' entrustment of his trip, and signaled Xu Huai to send away the irrelevant people, leaving only Shi Zhen, Wang Ju and other people around who were qualified to know the secret, and said
:
"The troops and horses of Prince Huai's Mansion were not seriously damaged, but they lost Xu, Si, Ying, Bo and other Huaibei prefectures one after another two years ago. Prime Minister Zhou, Prime Minister Gao and others are still worried that no one in Prince Huai's Mansion has the determination of Chu Shan.
Huainan is worried about being trapped by the enemy. If Huainan is broken through by the captured soldiers, it will be a matter of time before the Yangtze River is flooded. When the time comes, Jiangnan and Zhejiang will be in turmoil, and half of the money and food in Xiangyang will not be available..."
"Why, Prime Minister Zhou, Prime Minister Gao and the others want to prepare for a rainy day, Mr. Hu, what do Your Majesty and the others mean?" Xu Huai asked with a frown.
"Prime Minister Zhou, Prime Minister Gao and others still think that Xiangyang is too close to the front base and it is difficult to take care of the Jianghuai River. But Hu Gong also admitted that he has such hidden worries, but he is more worried that acting rashly will damage the morale of the river and Shaanxi generals," Zhao Yi said
, "Prime Minister Zhou and the others were thinking about whether they could make two-pronged preparations. His Majesty's side has not yet written a letter mentioning this matter."
"If you are worried that Huainan will not be defended, you can station an elite team in Jianye to prevent trouble. As for other preparations, in my humble opinion, they are unnecessary," Xu Huai said clearly without looking at Shi Zhen's frequent glances at him,
"The situation is critical, and Xiangyang is indeed too close to Huaishang. But precisely because of this, you and your Majesty need to be determined to break the boat, so that you can better inspire the generals to fight bloody battles and regain the Central Plains! Your Majesty and your Majesty should think about returning the favor.
