In Jinghu South Road, if you want to see the prosperity of Kaibao, Changsha Mansion can meet all your needs. And the old emperor was probably tired and exhausted physically and mentally during the inspections for days and months. After arriving at Changsha Mansion, he was even mentally and physically exhausted.
They were all in a daze, and even forgot the original intention of their southern tour. If they continued walking, it was more like completing an obsession formed in their minds, seeking to understand their thoughts and feel comfortable.
Therefore, when he was on Jinghu North Road, the old emperor took a boat and a car to visit Jiangling, Ezhou, and Yuezhou, the three most developed cities in Hubei, and also conducted some political activities. By the time the old emperor in Hunan was basically
I will stay in Changsha.
Moreover, apart from showing special interest and concern in Changsha academic politics and the Xiangjiang School, there were no other major actions, if not counting the replacement of the chief envoy Guo Xin.
The new chief envoy of Hunan Province has also been decided, and he will be transferred by Guo Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Guo Zhi is also a leader among the ministers of Kaibao. He was the number one scholar in the second regular examination in the Kaibao era. He started to enter the official position from the imperial examination.
Counting it all together, twenty-six years of official career can be said to be rich in experience.
He has served as an imperial censor, served as a member of the Hanlin Academy, edited books in the history museum, and lectured in the political affairs hall. He has also risen to prominence and been dismissed from office. He has resumes at the local, county, state, and Tao levels, but he has not officially held the position.
After passing a chief officer, this time, he was replaced by the old emperor...
Normally, the transfer of an important position or a lucrative job can trigger a series of personnel changes, not to mention that this time it involves Hunan, the Ministry of Works, and the Xuanwei Department, and they all start from the top.
It is conceivable that there will be another struggle in terms of personnel and administration from the central government to the local governments, which may not be as big as what happened after so many people were killed in Hubei.
For the old emperor, Changsha should be regarded as a place worth remembering. After all, he received some surprises and the beautiful scenery in autumn and winter soothed his mind and brightened his vision.
Except for Changsha Mansion, they did not show more concern for the entire Jinghu South Road. They lacked that energy and were a little more "timid" from a conscious level, fearing that they would see some disharmonious things again and affect them.
Instilled his confidence in Kaibao Shengshi
The old emperor is now at this point. On the one hand, he is struggling extremely to pursue a "good beginning and a good end." On the other hand, he has shown a slippery slope in his actual actions. His thoughts are changeable, and so is his behavior.
So, after staying in Changsha Mansion for more than half a month, Luan Jia set off south again. If the previous inspection was just a quick tour, but with some thought, then the subsequent trip can be said to be perfunctory.
Going south from Changsha Prefecture, within the Jinghu South Road, Luan Jia only stopped briefly in Hengzhou to rest. In other prefectures and counties along the road, the city was not entered, the officials were not investigated, and the people were not seen. The same was true until he entered the Guangnan East Road.
However, one thing must be mentioned. From the moment he set foot on Jinghu South Road, the old emperor broke the records of distance and latitude of his southern tour every step he took south.
In the middle of winter of the 29th year of Kaibao, it had been four months since the old emperor set out from Taikang Palace for a southern tour. The northern country was already covered in ice and snow, and the vastness was vast. Although the southern land was not that harsh, the weather was already cold.
But for the old emperor, the new region and new climate brought him a particularly special experience. When Luan Jia arrived at Guangzhou, the capital of Guangnan East Road, he couldn't help but sigh to the people around him: "Don't keep walking.
Now, I’ll spend this winter in Guangzhou!”
It has to be said that this winter should be the most comfortable the old emperor has experienced in the past twenty years. The climate in the south, especially in Guangnan, is after all much warmer and more pleasant than in the northern part of the Central Plains, especially in winter.
Of course, it would be better if the attacks of those old cold legs could be stopped in Guangzhou. To this day, the greatest physical torture for the old emperor is still the severe wind paralysis that occurs when it is windy and rainy in the cold winter months.
disease.
The capital of Guangnan East Road is Guangzhou, and the seat of Guangzhou is Panyu. The layout of Panyu City is simple, which is different from the layout of most cities in the Han Dynasty. The east and west Guocheng is sandwiched by a sub-city, and the middle Luocheng is
It is a place where the dignitaries and rich people of Guangdong Province gather.
The place that used to be the capital of Nanyue Kingdom naturally had a palace, and it was located in the city. After Pan Mei Nanping and Guangdong Province, the former Nanyue Palace became the old emperor's palace. Over the past thirty years, Guangzhou Mansion has spent a certain amount of money every year.
It was maintained with money, but the old emperor never lived there.
Nowadays, the Panyu Palace is like a beautiful woman who has worked hard to dress up for thirty years, and finally waited for the old emperor's visit. The local government has obviously put great care into the repair and maintenance of the Panyu Palace. The old emperor did not know that thirty
What were the palaces in Nanyue like a few years ago, but the exquisiteness and splendor of the palace in front of him, as well as those features with obvious local culture and customs, really made the old emperor sigh with emotion.
Of course, the old emperor was not simply attracted by the luxury and splendor of the Panyu Palace. What he was really feeling, or rather ashamed of, was that this palace had been maintained for thirty years but had not been put into actual use for thirty years.
How much money have Guangdong Road and Guangzhou Prefecture spent on food in the past thirty years?
It is said that spectacles spoil the country, but whether it is the Eastern and Western Beijings or the recent Taikang Palace, these large-scale landscape works can at least have a certain or even good effect, but this Panyu Palace is just there for people to look at.
Well, if the old emperor hadn't made such a southern tour on a whim, maybe he wouldn't have been lucky enough to wait another thirty years.
The waste of resources represented by this is shocking when you think about it for a moment. However, with the old emperor's always suspicious temperament, he couldn't help but think about how, through the construction of the Panyu Palace in the past thirty years, the Guangzhou Prefecture had handled this.
How much benefit did the bureaucrats at the top and bottom of the matter take from it, and how much profit did they get from it?
This matter is certain, the old emperor has long seen through the limits of bureaucrats, and the Panyu Palace is simply a natural "treasure bowl". In this place in the south and the north, there is nothing better than maintaining the palace for His Majesty the Emperor.
Is there any reason to mobilize and invest money and food in a reasonable and less scrupulous manner?
Therefore, the old emperor lives comfortably in the palace, but at the same time, he has ordered the Second Division to conduct a secret investigation into the renovation project of Panyu Palace in the past thirty years. The old emperor's porcelain is not so easy to touch, so
It's easy to lose your head
Even in the warm winter in southern China, eight stoves were set up between the palaces to avoid the cold. Visible to the naked eye, on the soft and comfortable soft chair, the old emperor was reclining in his usual lazy posture, wearing single clothes and two legs.
He was lying naked on the floor mats, and the only hair on his legs was a little white.
It is necessary to have gentle and beautiful maids to serve you. At this time, in the palace, a woman was holding an incense burner, another woman was carrying a tray, and another woman was bending her graceful body and gently applying hot compress to the cold legs of the old emperor.
After the palace lady had finished cooking, the old doctor who had been waiting for a while opened a pack of silver needles, hunched over his waist, and asked in awe: "Your Majesty, I am using needles here."
"Yes!" The old emperor responded in a low voice without even raising his eyelids.
Acupuncture is a habit that the old emperor has developed over the years. Although the old cold leg has not been cured, it is difficult to say how much improvement it has achieved, but habits are habits. Every time the climate changes, a few needles need to be inserted regularly. And the person who performed acupuncture on the old emperor
There have been several imperial doctors over the years, and they are all masters of acupuncture in the Imperial Hospital.
The imperial doctor was obviously very cautious. He held the needle steadily, pinpointed the acupuncture point, and inserted it with one needle. He also did not forget to ask the "patient" how he felt: "How does your majesty feel? Is the pain unbearable?"
When asked, the old emperor still didn't even raise his head. He just looked open-minded and said with a chuckle: "Compared with the pain caused by wind paralysis, the pain of a few needles is like scratching an itch.
You can do whatever you can and use acupuncture boldly. It doesn’t matter if you can’t cure it, as long as it can provide some relief!”
The old emperor was so reasonable, and the old doctor felt much more relaxed. Just as he was about to express his gratitude to the old emperor, he heard the old emperor add lightly: "If you are cured by me, I will just chop you off."
As soon as these words came out, the old doctor's expression suddenly changed, and his wide-open eyes were full of horror. But besides trying his best, what else could he do to deal with this.
In fact, there was no need for the old emperor to scare him. It would be a capital crime to have his legs crippled, not to mention his own head. There was a question mark as to whether the lives of the whole family could be saved. However, from what the old emperor said,
If you say it yourself, the shock effect and pressure it brings are completely unnecessary.
It can be clearly felt that in the next acupuncture treatment, the old doctor was more cautious and moved slower.
As for the old emperor, his attention was never on the person serving in the palace. He was lying there lazily, holding a book in his hand and looking through it attentively. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had discovered
Something interesting in general.
This is a secret report from the Imperial City Secretary Zhang Bin. It contains some information about the aftermath of staying in Jiangling. During the old emperor's tour, all aspects of information were gathered to the old emperor, including the Luoyang court in Xijing.
In that way, the situation in the court, national affairs, especially the prince's movements
There have been many reports on the handling of the aftermath by the second emperor's grandson. The old emperor was not that interested in specific matters, and he was not even concerned about the outcome.
What he really observed was obviously the performance of the two emperors' grandsons, and the memorial report in his hand especially attracted the old emperor's attention. It was said above that the two emperors' grandsons had a conflict in Jiangling Mansion, and Liu Wenhuan even came to the door and had a big quarrel.
shelf.
The specific reason is that Liu Wenji was meticulous in his investigation of criminal officials, but his treatment of certain people overlapped with Liu Wenhuan's rectification and comfort targets. For these people, Liu Wenji followed the holy will and punished those who had their homes confiscated.
Ransomware, exile, exile.
But Liu Wenhuan believed that there was no need to kill him with a single blow. If Liu Wenji did this under the premise of his message to the subordinates, it would be suspected of undermining him. Even after Liu Wenhuan personally came to the door to plead for mercy, he still stubbornly insisted on his opinion, which completely annoyed him.
Liu Wenhuan.
You are carrying out errands according to the imperial edict, but what I am entrusting is not an imperial edict. Did you, Liu Wenji, interpret your grandfather’s holy will alone? This was probably the first fierce collision between the two brothers. In the end, Liu Wenji did not give in at all.
Treat everyone with an attitude of following the holy will.
After reading the report, the old emperor's smile gradually faded until it disappeared without a trace. After a long time, he put down the memorial and waved to Hood.
"What are the orders from the officials!" Hood's attention was always on the old emperor. Seeing this, he hurriedly came forward and bent down.
The old emperor pondered for a while and then ordered: "Send someone to deliver the edict and ask Wen Huan and Wen Ji to come to Guangzhou. As for the matters at hand, leave them to Zhang Zhibai and Hu Yanzan!"
"Yes! I will send the edict to others immediately!" Hu De responded, feeling inexplicably relieved. It turns out that this is what happened.
After giving the instructions, the old emperor picked up the memorial and began to study it. His eyes were on the page, but his soul had already flown far away.
Even the old emperor himself found it difficult to evaluate whether the collision between the two emperors and grandsons in Jiangling would have any impact on the Han Empire.